Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 8 January 2003 in Joined Cases T-94/01, T-152/01 and T-286/01: Astrid Hirsch and Others v European Central Bank (Officials — Members of staff of the European Central Bank — Article 19 of the Conditions of Employment — Education allowance — Refusal to grant it to members of staff not entitled to the expatriation allowance under Article 17 of those conditions — Principle of non-discrimination)
Date: 2003-03-08
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Central Bank, European official, action for annulment (EU), allowances and expenses, education grant, equal treatment, expatriate worker

C 55/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.3.2003

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

— Orders the European Central Bank to pay the costs;

of 8 January 2003

3.

In Case T-152/01:

in Joined Cases T-94/01, T-152/01 and T-286/01: Astrid
Hirsch and Others v European Central Bank (1)

(Officials — Members of staff of the European Central Bank
— Article 19 of the Conditions of Employment — Education
allowance — Refusal to grant it to members of staff not
entitled to the expatriation allowance under Article 17 of
those conditions — Principle of non-discrimination)

— Annuls the decision of the European Central Bank of

15 February 2001;

— Dismisses the remainder of the action;

— Orders the European Central Bank to pay the costs;

4.

In Case T-286/01:

— Annuls the decision of the European Central Bank of

6 June 2001;

(2003/C 55/69)

— Dismisses the remainder of the action;

(Language of the case: German and English)

— Orders the European Central Bank to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 186 of 30.06.2001, C 275 of 29.09.2001 and C 31 of

02.02.2002.

In Joined Cases T-94/01, T-152/01 and T-286/01, Astrid
the European Central Bank,
Hirsch, member of staff of
resident in Eppstein-Niederjosbach, Germany, represented by
G. Vandersanden and L. Levi,
lawyers, Emanuele Nicastro,
member of staff of the European Central Bank, resident in
Frankfurt on Main, Germany, represented by N. Pflüger,
R. Steiner and S. Mittländer, lawyers, and Johannes Priesemann,
member of staff of the European Central Bank, resident in
Frankfurt on Main, Germany, represented by N. Pflüger, lawyer,
v European Central Bank (Agents: V. Saintot, T. Gilliams and
B. Wägenbaur): Application for annulment, in Case T-94/01,
of the decision of the European Central Bank of 25 September
2000 refusing to grant the applicant an education allowance
to cover the costs of attendance by her son at the International
School Frankfurt, in Case T-152/01, of the decision of the
European Central Bank of 15 February 2001 refusing to grant
the applicant an education allowance in respect of his two
sons and, in Case T-286/01, of the decision of the European
Central Bank of 6 June 2001 refusing to grant the applicant
an education allowance in respect of his children, the Court of
First Instance (Third Chamber), composed of: K. Lenaerts,
President,
Judges; D. Christensen,
Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on
8 January 2003, in which it:

J. Azizi and M.

Jaeger,

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 22 October 2002

in Case T-310/01: Schneider Electric SA v Commission of
the European Communities (1)

(Competition — Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 — Decision
declaring a concentration to be incompatible with the com-
mon market — Action for annulment)

(2003/C 55/70)

(Language of the case: French)

1.

Joins Cases T-94/01, T-152/01 and T-286/01 for the
purposes of judgment;

2.

In Case T-94/01:

— Annuls the decision of the European Central Bank of

25 September 2000;

— Dismisses the remainder of the action;

In Case T-310/01: Schneider Electric SA, established in Rueil-
Malmaison (France), represented by F. Herbert, J. Steenbergen
and M. Pittie, lawyers, supported by French Republic (Agents:
G. de Bergues and F. Million), against Commission of the
European Communities (Agents: P. Oliver, P. Hellström and
F. Lelièvre), supported by Comité Central d’Entreprise de la SA
Legrand, Comité Européen du Groupe Legrand, established in
Limoges, represented by H. Masse-Dessen, lawyer — appli-
cation for annulment of Commission Decision C(2001)3014
final declaring a concentration to be incompatible with the
common market and the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/M.2283