Judgment of the General Court of 23 February 2022 — OA v EESC

(Case T-671/20) (1)

(Civil service - Officials - Psychological harassment - Disciplinary procedure - Disciplinary penalty - Written warning - Rights of the defence - Error of assessment - Liability)

(2022/C 171/35)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: OA (represented by: M. Casado García-Hirschfeld and M. Aboudi, lawyers)

Defendant: European Social and Economic Committee (represented by: M. Pascua Mateo, K. Gambino, X. Chamodraka, A. Carvajal García-Valdecasas and L. Camarena Januzec, acting as Agents, and by B. Wägenbaur, lawyer)

Re:

Application under Article 270 TFEU seeking, first, annulment of Decision No 293/19 of the EESC of 5 December 2019 imposing the penalty of a written warning on the applicant and, second, compensation for the material and non-material damage which the applicant allegedly suffered.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Annuls Decision No 293/19 of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) of 5 December 2019 imposing the penalty of a written warning on OA;

2.	Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

3.	Orders the EESC to pay the costs.

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(1)  OJ C 9, 11.1.2021.