62021TJ0685_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 17 May 2023 –IR v Commission
(Case T‑685/21) (
1
)
(Civil service – Officials – Social security – Joint rules on sickness insurance for officials – Article 72 of the Staff Regulations – Serious illness – Opinion of the Medical Officer – Obligation to state reasons)
1.
Actions brought by officials – Prior administrative complaint – Rejection decision – Taking into account an opinion issued subsequently to the adoption of the contested decision – Whether permissible
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 90)
(see paragraphs 25-31)
2.
Officials – Social security – Sickness insurance – Serious illness – Determination – Criteria – Obligation to examine the state of health of the person concerned – Specific and thorough examination
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 72; Rules on Sickness Insurance, Art. 20(6))
(see paragraphs 39-42, 46)
3.
Officials – Social security – Sickness insurance – Serious illness – Refusal to recognise or renew serious illness status – Obligation to state reasons – Scope – Refusal based on a reversal in the assessment of the serious nature of the illness – Need to state the reasons which led to such reversal
(Art. 296 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 41(2)(c); Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 25)
(see paragraphs 59-64, 67, 68, 71, 72, 80, 81, 85, 86)
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Annuls the decision of 11 December 2020 by which the European Commission rejected the application for renewal of the serious illness scheme in respect of the illness of IR’s son;
2.
Orders the Commission to pay the costs.
(
1
)	OJ C 11, 10.1.2022.