Action brought on 31 March 2009 - Chaouch v Commission

(Case F-30/09)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Dhikra Chaouch (Oetrange, Luxembourg) (represented by: F. Moyse and A. Salerno, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the decision of the appointing authority not to grant the applicant the installation allowance.

Form of order sought

Find that there was an infringement of Article 5 of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations in relation to Article 20 and, consequently, annul the decisions of the appointing authority of 2 July 2008 and 8 December 2008;

Declare that the applicant has a right to the installation allowance laid down in Article 5(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations plus default interest from the date at which the indemnity was due until the date of actual payment at the interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations during the period concerned plus two percentage points;

Order the Commission of the European Communities to pay the costs.

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