16.12.2019

Official Journal of the European Union

C 423/48

(Case T-730/18) (<span class="super note-tag">1</span>)

(Civil Service - Officials - Article 24 of the Staff Regulations - Request for assistance - Article 12a of the Staff Regulations - Psychological harassment - Scope of the duty to provide assistance - Removal measure - Duration of the administrative procedure - Liability - Non-material damage)

(2019/C 423/61)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicants: DQ and 11 other applicants, whose names are listed in the annex to the judgment (represented by: M. Casado García-Hirschfeld, lawyer)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: E. Taneva and T. Lazian, acting as Agents)

Re:

Action pursuant to Article 270 TFEU seeking compensation for the damage allegedly suffered by the applicants essentially as a result of inappropriate handling of their request for assistance concerning psychological harassment ascribed to their line manager.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.Orders the European Parliament to pay to DQ and the other applicants, whose names are listed in the annex, an overall amount of EUR 36 000, to be divided amongst them, in respect of the non-material damage suffered, together with interest, from the date of 13 December 2017, at the rate set by the European Central Bank for its principal refinancing operations, increased by three and a half percentage points, until the date of payment by the Parliament of the amount of EUR 36 000;

2.Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

3.Orders the Parliament to bear its own costs and to pay half the costs incurred by DQ and the other applicants, whose names are listed in the annex;

4.Orders DQ and the other applicants, whose names are listed in the annex, to bear half of their own costs.

(<span class="note">1</span>) OJ C 54, 11.2.2019.