Judgment of the General Court of 8 October 2025 – CQ v EESC

(Case T-117/24)  (1)

(Civil service - Officials - Psychological harassment - Administrative inquiry - Article 12a of the Staff Regulations - Request for assistance - Rejection of the request - Article 24 of the Staff Regulations - Obligation to state reasons - Impartiality - Right to be heard - Length of the administrative procedure - Reasonable time limit - Error of assessment - Liability - Non-material damage)

(C/2025/6171)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: CQ (represented by: L. Levi, lawyer)

Defendant: European Economic and Social Committee (represented by: M. Pascua Mateo, K. Gambino and L. Camarena Januzec, Agents, and by B. Wägenbaur, lawyer)

Re:

By his action under Article 270 TFEU, the applicant seeks, first, annulment of the decision of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) of 5 May 2023, by which the latter rejected the request for assistance which he had submitted following the psychological harassment to which he claims to have been subjected and, second, compensation for the non-material damage which he claims to have suffered as a result of that decision.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Dismisses the action;

2.	Orders CQ to pay the costs.

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(1)   OJ C, C/2024/2775, 29.4.2024.