DD v FRA (Action for damages - Civil service - Obligation to state reasons - Judgment)

(Action for damages – Civil service – Members of the temporary staff – Initiation of an administrative inquiry – Article 86(2) of the Staff Regulations – Duty to provide information – Duration of the procedure – Reasonable time – Obligation to state reasons – Manifest error of assessment – Confidentiality of the administrative inquiry – Duty to have regard for the welfare of officials – Non-material damage – Causal link)

DD, represented initially by L. Levi and M. Vandenbussche, lawyers, and subsequently by L. Levi, lawyer,

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), represented by M. O’Flaherty, acting as Agent, and by B. Wägenbaur, lawyer,

ACTION under Article 270 TFEU seeking, in essence, compensation for the non-material damage allegedly suffered by the applicant estimated ex aequo et bono at EUR 50 000 as a result of the initiation and conduct of an administrative procedure within FRA,

composed of L. Madise, acting as President, P. Nihoul and J. Martín y Pérez de Nanclares (Rapporteur), Judges,