Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 16 January 2007 - Vienne and Others v Parliament

(Case F-115/05) 1

(Officials - Obligation on the administration to provide assistance - Refusal - Transfer of pension rights acquired in Belgium)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicants: Philippe Vienne (Bascharage, Luxembourg) and Others (represented by: G. Bouneou and F. Frabetti, lawyers)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: initially, M. Mustapha-Pacha and A. Bencomo-Weber and, subsequently, J. De Wachter, M. Mustapha-Pacha and K. Zejdova, Agents)

Re:

First, annulment of the Parliament's decision rejecting the requests for assistance submitted by the applicants in connection with the transfer of their pension rights acquired in Belgium and, secondly, an application for damages

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

Dismisses the action;

Orders each party to bear its own costs.

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1 - OJ C 22, 28.1.2006, p. 24 (case initially registered before the Court of First Instance of the European Communities under number T-427/05 and transferred to the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union by order of 15.12.2005).