Notices for publication in the OJ nº T-377/20 of Tribunal General de la Unión Europea, August 07, 2020

• Resolution Date: August 07, 2020
• Issuing Organization: Tribunal General de la Unión Europea
• Decision Number: T-377/20

Action brought on 18 June 2020 - KN v EESC

(Case T-377/20)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: KN (represented by: M. Casado García-Hirschfeld and M. Aboudi, lawyers)

Defendant: European Economic and Social Committee

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

declare the present application admissible;

annul the contested decision of 9 June 2020, notified on 17 June 2020;

order the payment of compensation for non-material damage, amounting to the sum of EUR 200 000, and compensation for material damage, estimated in the amount of EUR 50 000;

order the defendant to pay all the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on four pleas in law.

1. First plea in law, alleging infringement of procedural rights and of the fundamental rights to good administration and to be heard as well as infringement of the principle of proportionality.

2. Second plea in law, alleging infringement of the principle of presumption of innocence and of the principle of impartiality.

3. Third plea in law, alleging infringement of the principle of legal certainty, in accordance with the maxim ‘nulla poena sine lege’, and of the principle of non-retroactivity.

4. Fourth plea in law, alleging infringement of the principle of confidentiality of disciplinary...