Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 12 December 2013 – Hall v Commission and CEPOL
(Case F-22/12) 1
(Civil service – Remuneration – Family allowances – Dependent child allowance – Education allowance – Children of applicant’s wife not living at the home of the couple – Conditions for granting)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Mark Hall (Petersfield, United Kingdom) (represented by: L. Levi and M. Vandenbussche, lawyers)
Defendants: European Commission (represented by: J. Currall and D. Martin, Agents) and European Police College (CEPOL) (represented by: F. Bánfi, Agent)
Re:
Application for annulment of the decisions rejecting the applicant’s request for the grant of dependent child and education allowances in respect of his wife’s three children for the period in which they were still living in the Philippines.
Operative part of the judgment
The Tribunal:
Dismisses the action as inadmissible, in so far as it is directed against the European Police College;
Annuls the implied decision of 25 March 2011 and the express decision of 11 July 2011 of the European Commission rejecting the application for dependent child and education allowances for the three children of Mr Hall’s wife, for the period in which they were still living in the Philippines;
Dismisses the remainder of the action brought against the European Commission;
Declares that the European Commission is to bear its own costs and orders it to pay the costs incurred by Mr Hall;
Orders Mr Hall to pay the costs incurred by the European Police College.
________________________1 OJ C 138, 12.5.2012, p. 35.