Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 11 February 2014 – Armani v Commission

(Case F-65/12) ¹

(Civil Service – Remuneration Annulment of the decision of the Commission not to grant the applicant family allowance in respect of his wife’s son of a previous marriage – Family allowances – Entitlement to the dependent child allowance – Dependent child – Child of the applicant’s wife)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Enrico Maria Armani (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: D. Abreu Caldas, S. Orlandi, A. Coolen, J.-N. Louis and É. Marchal, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: D. Martin and V. Joris, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for the annulment of the decision of the Commission not to grant the applicant family allowance in respect of his wife’s son of a previous marriage.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

Annuls the decision of 17 August 2011, by which the European Commission refused to recognise Mr Armani’s entitlement to a dependent child allowance in respect of his wife’s child;

Dismisses the remainder of the action;

Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Mr Armani.

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¹ OJ C 243, 11.8.12, p. 34.