Opinion of Advocate General Hogan delivered on 26 November 2020.#DK v European External Action Service.#Appeal – Civil service – Disciplinary proceedings – Disciplinary penalty – Determination of that penalty – Withholding of an amount from the pension – Criminal conviction and civil sanction before national courts – Compensation, in whole or in part, for non-material damage caused to the European Union – Lack of relevance of that compensation – Article 10 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union – Principle of equal treatment – Principle of proportionality.#Case C-851/19 P.