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Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 9 March 2010 - Tzvetanova v Commission

(Case F-33/09) 1

(Staff cases - Temporary staff - Remuneration - Expatriation allowance - Conditions laid down in Article 4 of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations - Habitual residence before entering the service - Stay as a student in the place of employment- Training periods outside the place of employment during the reference period - Account taken of actual residence)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Aglika Tzvetanova (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: S. Orlandi, A. Coolen, J.-N. Louis and É.. Marchal, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: D. Martin and J. Baquero Cruz, Agents, later by J. Currall and J. Baquero Cruz, Agents)

Re:

Annulment of the decision of the Commission to refuse the applicant the benefit of the expatriation allowance provided for in Article 4(1)(a) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

Annuls the decision of the European Commission of 10 July 2008 refusing Ms Tzvetanova the benefit of the expatriation allowance provided for in Article 4 of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations;

Orders the Commission to pay the costs.

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1 - OJ C 129 of 06. 06. 2009, p. 22.