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Official Journal of the European Union

C 172/39

(Case T-171/19)

(2019/C 172/53)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Chantal Hebberecht (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) (represented by: K. Bicard, lawyer)

Defendant: European External Action Service (EEAS)

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

—declare Ms Hebberecht’s application admissible and well founded;

—annul the penalty imposed on the applicant;

—order the European External Action Service (EEAS) to pay the applicant EUR 36 000 in respect of arrears of salary and default interest;

—order the EEAS to pay the applicant EUR 450 000 as compensation for injury to her health, material and non-material damage;

—in the alternative, order the EEAS to pay the applicant EUR 300 000 as compensation for those damages;

—in the further alternative, order the EEAS to pay the applicant EUR 150 000 as compensation for those damages;

—in the still further alternative, order the EEAS to pay the applicant EUR 50 000 as compensation for those damages;

—order the EEAS to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant claims that the findings made against her by the tribunal de première instance du Hainaut (Court of First Instance, Hainaut, Belgium) in its judgment of 13 December 2017, relied on by the EEAS as constituting a particularly serious failure to comply with the obligations of officials, inter alia under Article 12 of the Staff Regulations, are incorrect. She also claims that the penalties imposed on her are discriminatory.