Order of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 21 October 2015 — Arsène v Commission

(Case F-89/14) ¹

(Civil Service — Remuneration — Expatriation allowance — Condition set out in Article 4(1)(b) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations — Ten-year reference period — Starting point — Disregarding of periods of duty in the service of an international organisation — Application by analogy of the provisions of Article 4(1)(a) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations — Usual residence outside the State of employment before performing duties in the service of an international organisation — Article 81 of the Staff Regulations — Action manifestly unfounded)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Maria Lucia Arsène (Bucarest, Romania) (represented by: M.-A. Lucas, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Currall and T.S. Bohr, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the Commission’s decision to refuse the applicant the expatriation allowance and for an order that it pay that allowance, together with interest, from the date of the applicant’s entry into service.

Operative part of the order

1.    The action is dismissed as manifestly unfounded.

2.    Ms Arsène shall bear her own costs and pay the costs incurred by the European Commission.

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¹     OJ C 421, 24.11.2014, p. 62.