Action brought on 9 April 2020 — JH v Europol

(Case T-208/20)

(2020/C 191/52)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: JH (represented by: M. Quaas, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol)

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

—	declare that the order adopted on 2 April 2019 by the defendant’s head official discharging the applicant with immediate effect from leadership of the organisational unit GDPT (Personal Protection) of the Governance Directorate of the European Police Office (Europol) was unlawful; and

—	order the defendant to pay the applicant such compensation as the Court may deem appropriate.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The action is based on the following pleas in law:

Infringement of the Europol Staff Regulations

The applicant claims that the preconditions for the contested disciplinary measure under the Europol Staff Regulations have not been met. The defendant has disregarded the applicable provisions of the Staff Regulations and attempts to justify the adopted disciplinary measure (only) months later through a retroactive redeployment order and by reference to a reorganisation.

2.	Injury to health and incapacity for work Furthermore, the applicant seeks compensation because his health has demonstrably been harmed as a result of the unlawful measure and his further professional activity has therefore become impossible.