Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 18 March 2016 — Kerstens v Commission

(Case F-23/15) (1)

((Civil Service - Officials - Obligations - Acts contrary to the dignity of the civil service - Dissemination of insulting remarks with regard to another official - Article 12 of the Staff Regulations - Disciplinary procedure - Enquiry in the form of an examination of the facts - Reprimand - Article 9(1)(b) of Annex IX to the Staff Regulations - Consequences of the irregularity))

(2016/C 156/77)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Petrus Kerstens (Overijse, Belgium) (represented by: C. Mourato, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: T.S. Bohr and C. Ehrbar, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the decision to impose a disciplinary penalty in the form of a reprimand on the applicant.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

(1)  OJ C 127, 20.4.2015, p. 42.