Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 20 January 2009 - Klein v Commission
(Staff case - Officials - Pensions - Invalidity pension - Death - Definition of dependent child - Article 2 of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations - Death allowance - Death grant - Orphans' pension)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Marie-Claude Klein (Grasse, France) (represented by: S. Rodrigues and C. Bernard-Glanz, lawyers)
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: D. Martin and K. Herrmann, Agents)
Re:
Annulment of the Appointing Authority's decision of 4 May 2007 refusing to grant the applicant entitlement to a death grant, a death allowance and an orphans' pension.
Operative part of the judgment
The Tribunal:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Ms Klein to pay all the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 116, 9.05.2008, p. 36.