Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2017 — Skareby v EEAS

(Case T-585/16) (1)

((Civil service - Officials - Freedom of expression - Duty of loyalty - Serious prejudice to the legitimate interests of the Union - Refusal of permission to publish an article - Request that the text be amended - Article 17a of the Staff Regulations - Subject matter of the action - Decision rejecting the administrative complaint))

(2017/C 369/26)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Carina Skareby (Louvain, Belgium) (represented by: S. Rodrigues and C. Bernard-Glanz, lawyers)

Defendant: European External Action Service (EEAS) (represented by: S. Marquardt, acting as Agent, and by M. Troncoso Ferrer, F.-M. Hislaire and S. Moya Izquierdo, lawyers)

Re:

Action under Article 270 TFEU seeking (i) annulment of the decision of 5 June 2015 of the EEAS refusing permission to publish an article and requesting that changes be made to two paragraphs of the proposed text, and (ii) ‘so far as necessary’, annulment of the decision of 18 December 2015 of the EEAS rejecting the complaint brought against the original decision.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

(1)  OJ C 191, 30.5.2016 (case initially registered before the European Union Civil Service Tribunal under Case No F-15/16 and transferred to the General Court of the European Union on 1.9.2016).