Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2020:622
Date: 2020-12-16
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Based on: Merger Treaty (1965)
Subject matter: Staff regulations and employment conditions - EC
Procedure: Staff cases - successful

Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2020 – BT v Commission (Case T-315/19) 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) Language of the case: French Parties Applicant: BT (represented by: J.-N. Louis, lawyer) Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B. Mongin, acting as Agent) Intervener in support of the applicant: International Association of Former Officials of the European Union (AIACE International) (represented by: J. Van Rossum, lawyer) Interveners in support of the defendant: European Parliament (represented by: J. Van Pottelberge and J. Steele, acting as Agents), Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bauer and R. Meyer, acting as Agents) Re: Application under Article 270 TFEU seeking annulment of the Commission’s decision of 20 July 2018 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 20 July 2018 rejecting BT’s request for a survivor’s pension; Orders the Commission to pay, in addition to its own costs, the costs incurred by BT; Orders the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union each to bear their own costs; Orders the International Association of Former Officials of the European Union (AIACE International) to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 246, 22.7.2019.