Judgment_paragraph 99 · CH v European Parliament (F-132/14)

99Secondly, the obligation to open and conduct an administrative inquiry promptly is incumbent on the AECE, which is the authority empowered to deal with a request for assistance submitted under Article 24 of the Staff Regulations, without prejudice, however, to the possibility for the AECE to delegate the necessary investigation or prevention tasks to another administrative entity or to another body within the institution, under a legal provision lawfully adopted by the latter laying down the terms and conditions for such delegation, in compliance with the relevant higher-ranking provisions of EU law. Thus, the institution may, for that purpose, supplying the appropriate logistical and human resources, decide to entrust the conducting of an administrative inquiry to the hierarchy of the institution — such as a Director-General, an ad hoc committee of inquiry, or an advisory committee on harassment — or even to a person or body outside that institution (judgment of 26 March 2015 in CW v Parliament, F‑124/13, EU:F:2015:23, paragraph 142).