Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 6 May 2014 — Forget v Commission

(Case F-153/12) ¹

(Civil service — Official — Remuneration — Family allowances — Household allowance — Condition governing the grant — Registered partnership under the law of Luxembourg — Couple comprised of stable, non-marital partners having access to legal marriage — Official who does not fulfil the conditions laid down in Article 1(2)(c)(iv) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Claude Forget (Steinfort, Luxembourg) (represented by: M. Kerger, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Currall and G. Gattinara, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bauer et A. Bisch, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the decision refusing payment of the household allowance and of the survivor’s pension for the applicant’s partner.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

Dismisses the application;

Orders Mr Forget to bear his own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the European Commission;

Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs.

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¹ OJ C 55, 23.02.2013, p. 26.