62024TJ0109_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber) of 9 April 2025 –CL v Commission
(Case T‑109/24)
(Civil service – Officials – Social security – Total and permanent invalidity – Fifth paragraph of Article 78 of the Staff Regulations – Refusal to recognise invalidity as arising from an occupational disease – Obligation to state reasons – Concept of occupational disease – Liability)
1.
Officials – Invalidity – Invalidity Committee – Opinions – Obligation to state reasons – Purpose – Scope – Judicial review – Scope
(Art. 296 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 41(2)(c); Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 25, second para., and 78, and Annex II)
(see paragraphs 24, 25, 30, 31, 45, 51, 126, 133, 136)
2.
Officials – Invalidity – Invalidity Committee – Opinions – Use of the conditional to explain the illness of the person concerned – Whether permissible
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Annex II, Arts 7 and 9, third para.)
(see paragraphs 36-40)
3.
Officials – Invalidity – Invalidity Committee – Findings differing from those of earlier medical reports – Obligation to state reasons – Scope
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 73 and 78)
(see paragraph 52)
4.
Officials – Invalidity – Invalidity Committee – Opinions – Drawing up – Need to take account of documents submitted later – None
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Annex II, Arts 7 and 9, first para.)
(see paragraphs 77-80, 105-108)
5.
Officials – Invalidity – Invalidity Committee – Members – Disagreement –Decision taken by majority – Validity
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Annex II, Arts 7 and 9, third para.)
(see paragraphs 81, 96, 122)
6.
Actions brought by officials – Pleas in law – Plea alleging irregularities in an act that is closely linked to the act adversely affecting the official – Act forming part of a complex procedure – Admissibility
(see paragraphs 100, 125)
7.
Officials – Social security – Insurance against the risk of accident and of occupational disease – Invalidity – Separate schemes – Single concept of occupational disease
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 73 and 78; Rules on insurance against the risk of accident and of occupational disease, Art. 3)
(see paragraph 137)
8.
Officials – Invalidity – Establishing whether the invalidity results from an official’s occupation – Disease not included in the European schedule of occupational diseases – Need for a causal link between the disease or its aggravation and the performance by the person concerned of his or her duties
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 73 and 78; Rules on insurance against the risk of accident and of occupational disease, Art. 3; Commission Recommendation 2022/2337, Annex)
(see paragraphs 138, 140)
9.
Actions brought by officials – Pleas in law – Plea alleging that an invalidity committee misinterpreted the concept of occupational disease – Whether permissible
(see paragraph 139)
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders CL to pay the costs.