113Nonetheless, it should be noted that, in accordance with its duty to provide assistance, the AECE could already have been required to assist the applicant, inter alia financially, in seeking such compensation (see, to that effect, judgment of 12 December 2013, CH v Parliament, F‑129/12, EU:F:2013:203, paragraph 57), in the present circumstances, with a view to obtaining, by means of ‘assisted’ legal action, a declaration that the conduct affecting her, by reason of her position or duties, and which justified the request for assistance, was unlawful and entitled her to the award of compensation by a national court (see, to that effect, judgment of 9 September 2016, De Esteban Alonso v Commission, T‑557/15 P, not published, EU:T:2016:456, paragraph 42 and the case-law cited).