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Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 8 September 2011 – Bovagnet v Commission

(Case F-89/10) 1

(Civil Service – Officials – Remuneration – Family allowances – Education allowance – Education costs – Definition)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: François-Carlos Bovagnet (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) (represented by: M. Korving, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: D. Martin and B. Eggers, Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the defendant’s decision not to reimburse fully the education costs in respect of the applicant’s children.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

Annuls the decision of the European Commission of 17 December 2009 in so far as it refuses to reimburse Mr Bovagnet that part of the education costs paid by him and linked to contribution to the investment funds and working capital of the school that his two children attend;

Orders the European Commission to pay Mr Bovagnet the difference between the amount of education allowance granted and that which would result from the calculation of the allowance including the costs incurred for the contribution to the investment funds and the working capital of the school that his two children attend, subject to the ceiling laid down under Article 3 of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union;

Orders the European Commission to pay all the costs.

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1      OJ C 328, 4.12.2010, p. 61.