Court of Justice rejects action, on appeal, regarding ECB’s decisions to dismiss the appellant from employment, following criminal proceedings

The First Chamber of the Court of Justice rendered its judgment in a case concerning an appeal, whereby the appellant sought, primarily, the annulment of ECB decisions, in accordance with which, he was dismissed from employment at the ECB, following the initiation of criminal proceedings: DI v BCE (C-513/21 P).

The case concerns DI, the applicant, who joined the ECB as a member of staff in 1999. He performed the duties of senior IT assistant when he became the subject of internal disciplinary proceedings concerning claims for reimbursement of, first, physiotherapy invoices, second, receipts for pharmacy expenses, and, third, learning support invoices.

Following the initiation of national criminal proceedings in Frankfurt, t