Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2021:868
Date: 2021-12-08
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Fourth Chamber
Based on: Merger Treaty (1965)
Subject matter: Staff regulations and employment conditions - EC
Procedure: Staff cases - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 8 December 2021 – QB v Commission (Case T‑71/21) (Civil service – Temporary staff – Remuneration – Expatriation allowance – Article 4(1)(a) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations – Refusal to grant the expatriation allowance – Main occupation – Work done for another State) Officials – Remuneration – Expatriation allowance – Conditions for granting – Services performed for another State or international organisation – Concept – Services performed in an international non-profit association which is not part of the permanent representation of a Member State – Not included (Staff Regulations of Officials, Annex VII, Art. 4(1)(a)) (see paras 62, 75-83) Re: Action under Article 270 TFEU for annulment of the decision of the Commission’s Office for the ‘Administration and Payment of Individual Entitlements’ (PMO) of 6 April 2020 refusing to grant the expatriation allowance to the applicant. Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders QB to pay the costs.