Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 23 March 2015 — Borghans v Commission

(Case F-6/14) ¹

(Civil service — Remuneration — Survivor’s pension — First paragraph of Article 27 of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations — Divorced spouse of a deceased member of the permanent staff — Existence of alimony on the date of death of the member of the permanent staff — Article 42 of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations — Time-limits for applying for payment of pension entitlements)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Julia Borghans (Auderghem, Belgium) (represented by: F. Van der Schueren and C. Lefèvre, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Currall and A.-C. Simon, Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the decision refusing to grant the applicant a survivor’s pension following the death of her ex-spouse.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

Annuls the decision of 3 June 2013 by which by the European Commission refused to grant a survivor’s pension to Mrs Borghans;

Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by Mrs Borghans.

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¹ OJ C 85, 22/3/2014, p.28.