Order of the Civil Service Tribunal (Single Judge) of 18 June 2013 – Jargeac and Others v Commission

(Case F-98/11) ¹

(Civil Service – Remuneration – Family allowances – Education allowance – Conditions for grant – Deduction of an allowance of the same type received from another source – Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicants: Bernard Jargeac and Others (Hostert, Luxembourg) (represented initially by: F. Moyse and A. Salerno, lawyers, and subsequently by: A. Salerno, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Currall and D. Martin, acting as Agents)

Re:

Action for annulment of the decision of the Commission to consider certain financial aid from a Member State to students in higher education to be allowances of the same nature as family allowances and to deduct that financial aid from the education allowance granted to officials who are parents of such students and annulment of the decision to seek repayment of sums unduly paid.

Operative part of the order

1.    The action, in so far as submitted by Mr Finch, is dismissed as inadmissible.

2.    The action, in so far as submitted by Mr Jargeac, Mr Aliaga Artero, Mr Charrière, Mr Clarke, Ms Domingues, Ms Hughes, Mr Lanneluc and Mr Zein, is dismissed as manifestly unfounded in law.

3.    Mr Jargeac and the other eight officials or former officials whose names appear in the annex shall bear their own costs and shall pay the costs incurred by the European Commission.

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¹     OJ C 347, 26.11.2011, p. 47.