Procedure and forms of order sought
23By application lodged at the Court Registry on 25August 2020, the applicant brought the present action.
24The defence was lodged on 4January 2021, the reply was lodged on 10March 2021 and the rejoinder was lodged on 26April 2021.
25The written part of the procedure was closed on 30April 2021.
26As the parties had not requested a hearing under Article106(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court, the Court (First Chamber), considering that it had sufficient information available to it from the material in the file, decided, pursuant to Article106(3) of those rules, to rule on the action without an oral part of the procedure.
27The applicant claims that the Court should:
–primarily, annul the Investigation Panel’s report and the contested decision, as well as any disciplinary procedure based on that report and that decision;
–in the alternative, amend the findings set out in the Investigation Panel’s report and the contested decision so as to remove any reference to, in particular, malicious conduct or fault on the part of the applicant or to any disciplinary procedure;
–in any event, order the EIB to pay him:
–EUR25000 in damages for the violation of his ‘physical and mental integrity’, for the infringement of his rights of freedom of thought and of expression and for the infringement of his rights to good administration, to an effective remedy and to a fair trial;
–EUR25000 for the non-material harm he claims to have suffered;
–EUR200 by way of reimbursement for the medical costs which he was forced to incur and which were not reimbursed;
–lastly, order the EIB to pay the costs of the present proceedings, set provisionally at EUR15000.
28The EIB contends that the Court should:
–dismiss the action in its entirety;
–order the applicant to pay the costs.