39In the present case, it must be held that the purpose and effect of the contested decision was to deprive the applicant of the opportunity to perform his duties for a period of six weeks. As is apparent from reading the contested decision — which includes the letter of 14 March 2014 and the decision rejecting the complaint — that decision was taken, inter alia, in view of the fact that, during 2013 and in particular after 12 September 2013, the date on which the AECE informed the applicant of the decision not to renew his contract, the applicant — according to the Agency — photocopied and printed an extremely large number of documents. According to the Agency, the reason for the number of documents photocopied and printed was not the performance of duties assigned to the applicant, but was connected with legal proceedings then pending before the Tribunal between the applicant and the Agency in the case which gave rise to the judgment of 11 December 2014 in DE v EMA (F‑103/13, EU:F:2014:256). Moreover, at the hearing, the Agency’s representatives contended that, in using the EMA’s printers and photocopiers for private purposes, the applicant had failed to fulfil his professional obligations, and some of his colleagues had complained about the fact that he was making unreasonable use of the shared printers.
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