Notices for publication in the OJ nº T-694/19 of Tribunal General de la Unión Europea, November 08, 2019

• Resolution Date: November 08, 2019
• Issuing Organization: Tribunal General de la Unión Europea
• Decision Number: T-694/19

Action brought on 9 October 2019 - FI v Commission

(Case T-694/19)

Language of the case: French

Parties

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

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the decision of 8 March 2019, the decision of 1 April 2019, and the decision of 12 August 2019;

order the Commission to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of his action against the Commission’s decisions of 8 March, 1 April and 12 August 2019 refusing to grant him a survivor’s pension, the applicant relies on four pleas in law.

1. First plea in law, alleging that Articles 18 to 20 of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union (‘the Staff Regulations’) are unlawful because they are in breach of the principle of equal treatment and discriminate on the grounds of age, the nature of the legal relationship of a couple’s life together, and disability.

2. Second plea in law, alleging an error of law in applying Articles 18 and 20 of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations, in that the Commission should have interpreted those provisions as referring to living together as a married couple, whether the couple is married, in a civil...