Judgment of the General Court of HK v Commission

(Case T-574/16) ¹

(Civil service — Officials — Pensions — Pension for surviving spouse — Conditions for granting — Condition in respect of duration of marriage — Non-marital partnership — First paragraph of Article 17 of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: HK (represented by: S. Rodrigues and A. Tymen, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Gattinara and F. Simonetti, agents)

Intervener in support of the applicant: Council of the European Union (represented by: initially M. Bauer and M. Veiga, and subsequently by M. Bauer and R. Meyer, acting as Agents)

Re:

ACTION under Article 270 TFEU seeking, first, annulment of the Commission decision refusing to grant the applicant entitlement to the survivor’s pension and, in so far as is necessary, of the Commission decision rejecting the applicant’s complaint and, secondly, seeking compensation for the material and non-material allegedly suffered.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the action;

Orders HK to pay the costs;

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

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¹ OJ C 59, 15.2.2016 (case initially registered before the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union under number F-151/15 and transferred to the General Court of the European Union on 1.9.2016).