Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (3rd Chamber) of 1 October 2014 — DF v Commission
(Case F-91/13) 1
(Civil service — Remuneration — Expatriation allowance — Travel expenses — Secondment of the applicant in a country of which he is a national — Condition set out in Article 4(1)(b) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: DF (represented by: L. Levi and A. Blot, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by J. Currall and V. Joris, acting as Agents, and subsequently by J. Currall, acting as Agent)
Re:
An application for annulment of the decision to request from the applicant the reimbursement of the expatriation allowance and the travel expenses which he received during his posting in Germany, between 1 September 2009 and 31 August 2012, and an application for reimbursement of the sums already deducted and for the grant of damages.
Operative part of the judgment
The Tribunal:
Orders the European Commission to pay DF the sum of EUR 1 500 in compensation for non-material harm suffered by him;
Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
Declares that the European Commission is to bear its own costs and orders it to pay one quarter of the costs incurred by DF;
Declares that DF is to bear three quarters of his own costs.
________________________1 OJ C 367, 14/12/2013, p. 40.