Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 3 March 2022 — WV v European External Action Service (EEAS)

(Case C-162/20 P) (1)

(Appeal - Civil service - Officials - Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union - Article 60, first paragraph - Unauthorised absence - Scope - Deduction from annual leave - Withholding of salary - Official who has failed to fulfil his or her obligations under Articles 21 and 55 of the Staff Regulations)

(2022/C 171/04)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Appellant: WV (represented by: É. Boigelot, avocat)

Other party to the proceedings: European External Action Service (EEAS) (represented by: S. Marquardt and R. Spáč, acting as Agents, and by M. Troncoso Ferrer, abogado, and F.-M. Hislaire, avocat)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Sets aside the order of the General Court of the European Union of 29 January 2020, WV v EEAS (T-471/18, not published, EU:T:2020:26);

2.	Annuls the decision of the European External Action Service (EEAS) of 27 November 2017 to impose a deduction from salary amounting to 72 calendar days and the decision of the EEAS of 2 May 2018 rejecting the appellant’s complaint lodged on 3 January 2018;

3.	Orders the EEAS to repay to the appellant the amounts wrongly deducted from her remuneration, amounting to 71,5 days, together with interest at the rate of 5 % per annum from the date on which they were deducted;

4.	Orders the EEAS to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by WV at first instance and in the present appeal.

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(1)  OJ C 320, 28.9.2020.