Order of the Court of First Instance of 8 July 2009 - Thoss v Court of Auditors
(Action for annulment - Time-limit for bringing an action - Lateness - Absence of excusable error - Manifest inadmissibility)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Thérèse Nicole Thoss (Dommeldange, Luxembourg) (represented by: P. Goergen, lawyer)
Defendant: Court of Auditors of the European Communities (represented by: T. Kennedy and J.-M. Stenier, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of the decision of the Court of Auditors of 20 March 2006 refusing to allocate to the applicant, the widow of a former Member of the Court of Auditors, a survivor's pension on the ground that the condition that the couple had to have been married for five years at the time of death has not been satisfied (case registered as F-46/08 and referred by the Civil Service Tribunal).
Operative part of the order
1. The action is dismissed as manifestly inadmissible.
2. Mrs Thérèse Nicole Thoss is ordered to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 171, 5.7.2008 (formerly Case F-46/08).