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Document 62017TJ0706

    Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 13 December 2018.
    UP v European Commission.
    Civil service — Officials — Serious illness — Application f for part-time work on medical grounds — Rejection of the application — Principle of non-discrimination on grounds of disability — Right to be heard — Principle of sound administration — Duty of care — Liability.
    Case T-706/17.

    Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 13 December 2018 –
    UP v Commission

    (Case T‑706/17)

    (Civil service — Officials — Serious illness — Application f for part-time work on medical grounds — Rejection of the application — Principle of non-discrimination on grounds of disability — Right to be heard — Principle of sound administration — Duty of care — Liability)

    1. 

    Actions brought by officials — Action against a decision rejecting a complaint — Effect — Disputed measure referred to the Court — Exception — Decision not confirmatory in character — Account taken of the reasoning therein

    (Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 90 and 91)

    (see paras 12-14)

    2. 

    Officials — Equal treatment — Discrimination — General implementing provisions adopted by the Commission — Handicap — Obligation to provide for reasonable working arrangements — Scope — Grant of part-time work for medical reasons — Treatment

    (Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 21; Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 1d(1), first para. and 4; Council Directive 2000/78, Recital 20 and Art. 5)

    (see paras 25-28, 33, 34, 46, 47)

    3. 

    Officials — Principles — Rights of defence — Obligation to hear the person concerned before adopting a measure adversely affecting him — Scope

    (Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 41(2)(a))

    (see paras 51-55)

    4. 

    Officials — Administration’s duty to have regard for the interests of officials — Scope — Limits

    (Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 41)

    (see paras 59-61)

    5. 

    Officials — Non-contractual liability of the institutions — Conditions — Unlawfulness — Injury — Causal link — Cumulative conditions

    (Art. 340, second para. TFEU)

    (see para. 72)

    6. 

    Actions brought by officials — Compensation action brought without pre-litigation procedure in accordance with the Staff Regulations — Inadmissibility

    (Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 90 and 91)

    (see paras 76-79)

    Re:

    Application based on Article 270 TFEU and seeking, first, annulment of the Commission Decision of 26 April 2017 refusing to grant the applicant part-time work on medical grounds and, secondly, compensation for the material and non-material harm allegedly suffered by the applicant.

    Operative part

    The Court:

    1. 

    Dismisses the action;

    2. 

    Orders UP to bear his own costs as well as those incurred by the European Commission.

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