Judgment of the General Court of 13 July 2018 — Quadri di Cardano v Commission
(Case T-273/17) 1
(Civil service — Members of the contract staff — Expatriation allowance — Article 4(1)(b) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations — Ten-year reference period — Nationality of the State of employment — Residence in the State of employment — Duties in an international organisation — Temporary employment contract)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Alessandro Quadri di Cardano (Alicante, Spain) (represented by: N. de Montigny and J.-N. Louis, then N. de Montigny, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: T. Bohr and M. Mensi initially, then T. Bohr and L. Radu Bouyon, Agents)
Re:
Application based on Article 270 TFEU and seeking annulment of the decision dated 19 July 2016 of the Commission’s Office for the Administration and Payment of Individual Entitlements (PMO), in so far as it refuses to grant the applicant the expatriation allowance on his entry into the service of INEA.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Mr Alessandro Quadri di Cardano to pay the costs.
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1 OJ C 221, 10.7.2017.