Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 16 May 2007 - F v Commission
(Staff cases - Officials - Expatriation allowance - Action for annulment - Action for damages - Article 4(1)(a) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations - Concept of international organisation - Habitual residence and main occupation - Retroactive refusal to pay the expatriation allowance - Recovery of amounts wrongly paid)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: F (Rhodes-Saint-Genèse, Belgium) (represented by: É. Boigelot, lawyer)
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: H. Krämer, Agent)
Re:
First, annul the decisions of the Commission refusing with retroactive effect to pay the applicant the expatriation allowance and determining the method for recovery of the amounts wrongly paid on that account and, second, order repayment of all the amounts which have been or will be deducted from the applicant's salary from February 2004, plus interest, and damages for the material and non-material loss allegedly suffered.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders the parties to bear their own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 300, 04/12/2004.