Notice for the OJ

 

Order of the Court of First Instance of 3 April 2003 in Case T-258/02 Hendrikus Boukes v European Parliament ¹

(Officials ( Action for annulment ( Action now devoid of purpose ( No need to

give a decision)

    (Language of the case: French)

In Case T-258/02, Hendrikus Boukes, a former official of the European Parliament, residing in Waldbredimus (Luxembourg), represented by E. Boigelot, lawyer, with an address for service in Luxembourg, against the European Parliament (Agents: H. von Hertzen and L. G. Knudsen) ( application for annulment of the decision of the Secretary-General of the European Parliament of 4 January 2002 refusing to treat his marriage to a person of the same sex, contracted under the Netherlands Law of 21 December 2000, as falling within the definition of marriage for the purpose of the Staff Regulations and to grant him all the rights, privileges and immunities arising from the applicable Community provisions ( the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber), composed of V. Tiili, President, P. Mengozzi and M. Vilaras, Judges; H. Jung, Registrar, made an order on 3 April 2003, the operative part of which is as follows:

1)    There is no longer any need to give a decision on the present action.

2)There is no need to give a decision on the Kingdom of the Netherlands' application to intervene.

3)    The Parliament shall pay both the applicant's and its own costs.

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¹ - -OJ C 274 of 9. 11. 02.