62018TJ0457_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 19 December 2019 –Zotkov v Commission
(Case T‑457/18)
(Civil Service — Contractual agents — Remuneration — Family benefits — Request to treat a person as a dependent child — Conditions of grant — Factors to take into account in the calculation of maintenance expenditure — Error in law)
1.
Actions brought by officials — Action against a decision rejecting a complaint — Effect — Disputed measure referred to the Court — Condition — Statement of reasons for the rejection decision must be the same as for the contested measure
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 90 and 91)
(see paras 17, 18)
2.
Actions brought by officials — Subject matter — Directions to the administration — Inadmissibility
(Art. 266 TFEU; Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 91)
(see para. 21)
3.
EU law — Interpretation — Methods — Literal, systematic and teleological interpretation
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Annex VII, Art. 2(4))
(see paras 32-35, 42, 47-49)
Re:
Application based on Article 270 TFEU seeking, first, annulment of the Commission’s decision of 30 April 2018 rejecting the applicant’s application for the grant of the allowance for a person treated as a dependent child and, second, review by the Commission of that decision, after correction of the financial calculation.
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Mr Rosen D. Zotkov to pay the costs.