Notice for the OJ

 

     JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

     8 January 2003

in Joined Cases T-94/01, T-152/01 and T-286/01: Astrid Hirsch and Others v European Central Bank(¹)

    (Officials ( Members of staff of the European Central Bank ( Article 19 of the Conditions of Employment ( Education allowance ( Refusal to grant it to members of staff not entitled to the expatriation allowance

under Article 17 of those conditions ( Principle of non-discrimination)

    (Language of the case: German and English)

In Joined Cases T-94/01, T-152/01 and T-286/01, Astrid Hirsch, member of staff of the European Central Bank, resident in Eppstein-Niederjosbach, Germany, represented by G. Vandersanden and L. Levi, lawyers, Emanuele Nicastro, member of staff of the European Central Bank, resident in Frankfurt on Main, Germany, represented by N. Pflüger, R. Steiner and S. Mittländer, lawyers, and Johannes Priesemann, member of staff of the European Central Bank, resident in Frankfurt on Main, Germany, represented by N. Pflüger, lawyer, v European Central Bank (Agents: V. Saintot, T. Gilliams and B. Wägenbaur): Application for annulment, in Case T-94/01, of the decision of the European Central Bank of 25 September 2000 refusing to grant the applicant an education allowance to cover the costs of attendance by her son at the International School Frankfurt, in Case T-152/01, of the decision of the European Central Bank of 15 February 2001 refusing to grant the applicant an education allowance in respect of his two sons and, in Case T-286/01, of the decision of the European Central Bank of 6 June 2001 refusing to grant the applicant an education allowance in respect of his children, the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber), composed of: K. Lenaerts, President, J. Azizi and M. Jaeger, Judges; D. Christensen, Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 8 January 2003, in which it:

1.Joins Cases T-94/01, T-152/01 and T-286/01 for the purposes of judgment;

2.In Case T-94/01:

(Annuls the decision of the European Central Bank of 25 September 2000;

(Dismisses the remainder of the action;

(Orders the European Central Bank to pay the costs;

3.In Case T-152/01:

(Annuls the decision of the European Central Bank of 15 February 2001;

(Dismisses the remainder of the action;

(Orders the European Central Bank to pay the costs;

4.In Case T-286/01:

(Annuls the decision of the European Central Bank of 6 June 2001;

(Dismisses the remainder of the action;

(Orders the European Central Bank to pay the costs.

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¹ - OJ C 186 of 30.06.2001, C 275 of 29.09.2001 and C 31 of 02.02.2002.