1. 

Actions brought by officials – Judgment annulling a measure – Effects – Obligation to implement – Administration’s discretion – Annulment of a decision containing a reprimand – Abandonment of disciplinary proceedings and withdrawal of reprimand from personnel file – Satisfactory implementing rules

(Art. 266 TFEU; Staff Regulations of Officials, Annex IX, Art. 3(a))

(see paras 44-49)

2. 

Actions brought by officials – Judgment annulling a measure – Effects – Obligation to implement – Administration’s discretion – Annulment of a decision containing a reprimand – Implementation by way of abandonment of proceedings and removal of reprimand from personnel file – No requirement to pay compensation for the non-material harm allegedly suffered

(see paras 74-78)

3. 

Actions brought by officials – Judgment annulling a measure – Effects – Obligation to implement – Reasonable time – Annulment of a decision containing a reprimand – Criteria for assessment

(see paras 85, 93-97)

4. 

Actions brought by officials – Time limits – Request for compensation addressed to an institution – Duty to act within a reasonable time – No possibility of a suspension in the event of a complaint made to the European Data Protection Supervisor

(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 45/2001, Art. 32(2), first para.)

(see paras 106, 107)

5. 

Actions brought by officials – Actions for damages – Purpose – Application for annulment of the preparatory acts – Inadmissibility

(see para. 112)

6. 

Officials – Non-contractual liability of the institutions – Conditions – Unlawfulness – Meaning – Reply to a complaint by the administration on the basis of arguments seeking to justify the contested measures as part of the legitimate protection of the institution’s interests – Precluded

(Art. 340 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Arts 11, 47 and 52(1); Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 90)

(see paras 149, 150, 152, 153, 155)

7. 

Officials – Administration’s duty to have regard for the interests of officials – Scope – Leak of information to the press as regards an official – Requirement to take corrective measures – Scope – No publication in the press of a negative element harmful to the official concerned – No infringement

(see paras 173, 174, 176, 178)

8. 

Officials – Non-contractual liability of the institutions – Conditions – Harm – Meaning – Excessive duration of disciplinary proceedings – Included

(see para. 189)

9. 

Officials – Non-contractual liability of the institutions – Conditions – Harm – Causal link – Burden of proof

(see paras 191, 196, 197)

1. 

Dismisses the action;

2. 

Orders DD to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA).