Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 13 December 2017.CJ v European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).Civil service — Members of the contract staff — Career evaluation report — Assessment exercise 2012 — Drawing up — Application for annulment of the decision closing appraisal report.Case T-602/16.

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Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 13 December 2017 — CJ v ECDC

(Case T‑602/16)

(Civil service — Members of the contract staff — Career evaluation report — Assessment exercise 2012 — Drawing up — Application for annulment of the decision closing appraisal report)

  1. Officials—Reports procedure—Appraisal report—Drawing up—Report vitiated by procedural irregularity—Consequences

(Staff Regulations, Art. 43)

(see paras 33, 42, 63)

  1. Officials—Reports procedure—Appraisal report—Subject-matter

(Staff Regulations, Art. 43; Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, Art. 15)

(see para. 56)

  1. Officials—Reports procedure—Appraisal report—Discretion of assessors—Judicial review—Limits—Manifest error of assessment—Meaning

(Staff Regulations, Art. 43)

(see paras 61, 62)

  1. Officials—Reports procedure—Appraisal report—Drawing up—Dialogue with the reporting officer—Appraisal dialogue—None—Consequences

(Staff Regulations, Art. 43)

(see paras 74, 76, 81, 96)

  1. Officials—Reports procedure—Appraisal report—Drawing up—Mandatory consultation of immediate superiors—Scope of the obligation

(Staff Regulations, Art. 43)

(see paras 86-90)

Re:

ACTION brought under Article 270 TFEU, seeking annulment of the decision of the appeal assessor of the ECDC of 21 September 2015 finalising the applicant’s appraisal report for the year 2011 and, insofar as necessary, the decision of the ECDC of 20 April 2016 rejecting the complaint lodged by the applicant against that decision of the appeal assessor.

Operative part

The Court:

  1. Dismisses the action;

  2. Orders CJ to pay the costs.