Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2020 – RN v Commission

(Case T-442/17 RENV) ¹

(Civil service – Officials – Surviving spouse – Survivor’s pension – Articles 18 and 20 of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations – Conditions for eligibility – Duration of the marriage – Plea of illegality – Equal treatment – Principle of non-discrimination on grounds of age – Proportionality – Concept of ‘spouse’)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: RN (represented by: F. Moyse, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Gattinara and B. Mongin, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: European Parliament (represented by: M. Ecker and E. Taneva, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 270 TFEU seeking annulment of the Commission’s decision of 24 September 2014 rejecting the applicant’s request for a survivor's pension.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Annuls the decision of the European Commission of 24 September 2014 rejecting RN’s request for a survivor’s pension;

Orders the Commission to pay, in addition to its own costs, the costs incurred by RN relating to Case F-104/15 and in the present proceedings on referral;

Orders the Commission and RN each to bear their own costs relating to the proceedings in Case T-695/16 P;

Orders the European Parliament to bear its own costs relating to Case F-104/15 and the present proceedings on referral.

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¹ OJ C 302, 14.9.2015.