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Document 62017TJ0153
Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 19 September 2019.
FV v Council of the European Union.
Civil service — Officials — Staff reports — 2014 and 2015 appraisal exercises — Interest in bringing proceedings — Obligation to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment — Duty to have regard for the welfare of officials.
Case T-153/17.
Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 19 September 2019.
FV v Council of the European Union.
Civil service — Officials — Staff reports — 2014 and 2015 appraisal exercises — Interest in bringing proceedings — Obligation to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment — Duty to have regard for the welfare of officials.
Case T-153/17.
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2019:622
Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 19 September 2019 –
FV v Council
(Case T‑153/17 RENV)
(Civil service — Officials — Staff reports — 2014 and 2015 appraisal exercises — Interest in bringing proceedings — Obligation to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment — Duty to have regard for the welfare of officials)
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Actions brought by officials — Interest in bringing proceedings — Action for annulment of a staff report — Official whose service has terminated — Interest in bringing proceedings retained — Condition (Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 43, 90 and 91) (see paras 35, 36) |
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Officials — Reports procedure — Staff report — Appraisal less favourable than the previous appraisal — Obligation to state reasons — Scope (Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 43) (see paras 49-52, 59) |
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Officials — Reports procedure — Staff report — Discretion of the assessors — Judicial review — Limits (Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 43) (see paras 70-72) |
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Officials — Administration’s duty to have regard for the interests of officials — Scope — Taking into consideration of official’s interests (Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 24) (see para. 90) |
Re:
Application under Article 270 TFEU seeking annulment of the applicant’s staff reports for the periods from 1 January to 31 December 2014 and from 1 January to 31 December 2015, which were adopted definitively on 5 December 2016.
Operative part
The Court:
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dismisses the action; |
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orders FV to bear her own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union. |