Language of document :

Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 12 September 2006 - De Soeten v Council

(Case F-86/05) 1

(Pension - Request for early retirement without reduction of pension entitlement - Rejection of the request)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Henders De Soeten (The Hague, Netherlands) (represented by: S. Orlandi, A. Coolen, J.-N. Louis and E. Marchal, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Simm and I. Sulce, Agents)

Re:

Annulment of the Council decision rejecting, under Article 9(2) of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations, the applicant's request for early retirement without reduction of pension entitlement

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

Annuls the decision of 5 October 2004 of the Council of the European Union rejecting Ms De Souten's request for early retirement without reduction of pension entitlement;

Orders the Council of the European Union to pay the costs.

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1 - OJ C 296, 26.11.2005 (Case initially registered in the Court of First Instance of the European Communities under No T-336/05 and transferred to the European Union Civil Service Tribunal by order of 15.12.2005).