Press Release: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal in Joined Cases F-5/05 and F-7/05. Violetti and Others v Commission. Schmitt v Commission

The decision by OLAF to send information obtained in an internal European Commission inquiry to the national judicial authorities constitutes an act adversely affecting an official. The Tribunal has annulled OLAF’s decision and ordered the Commission to pay damages to each of the officials concerned.