Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 24 November 2021.#CX v European Commission.#Civil service – Officials – Disciplinary measure – Removal from post – OLAF investigation – Unauthorised and clandestine negotiation of a contract – Conflict of interests – Certification of a non-compliant invoice – Rights of the defence – Right to be heard – Repeated absence of the applicant and his lawyer from the disciplinary hearing – Legal certainty – Legitimate expectations – Proportionality – Reasonable time – Principle ne bis in idem – Manifest error of assessment – Obligation to state reasons.#Case T-743/16 RENV II.