CELEX: C2003/055/69
Language: en
Date: 2003-03-08 00:00:00
Title: 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)

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;
                                                                          3.     In Case T-152/01:
                       of 8 January 2003
                                                                                 —    Annuls the decision of the European Central Bank of
                                                                                      15 February 2001;
in Joined Cases T-94/01, T-152/01 and T-286/01: Astrid
       Hirsch and Others v European Central Bank ( 1)
                                                                                 —    Dismisses the remainder of the action;
(Officials — Members of staff of the European Central Bank                       —    Orders the European Central Bank to pay the costs;
— Article 19 of the Conditions of Employment — Education
allowance — Refusal to grant it to members of staff not                   4.     In Case T-286/01:
entitled to the expatriation allowance under Article 17 of
     those conditions — Principle of non-discrimination)                         —    Annuls the decision of the European Central Bank of
                                                                                      6 June 2001;
                         (2003/C 55/69)                                          —    Dismisses the remainder of the action;
                                                                                 —    Orders the European Central Bank to pay the costs.
            (Language of the case: German and English)
                                                                          (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
Hirsch, member of staff of the European Central Bank,
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,                JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
member of staff of the European Central Bank, resident in
Frankfurt on Main, Germany, represented by N. Pflüger, lawyer,                                   of 22 October 2002
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              in Case T-310/01: Schneider Electric SA v Commission of
2000 refusing to grant the applicant an education allowance                                the European Communities (1)
to cover the costs of attendance by her son at the International
School Frankfurt, in Case T-152/01, of the decision of the                (Competition — Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 — Decision
European Central Bank of 15 February 2001 refusing to grant               declaring a concentration to be incompatible with the com-
the applicant an education allowance in respect of his two                             mon market — Action for annulment)
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                                     (2003/C 55/70)
First Instance (Third Chamber), composed of: K. Lenaerts,
President, J. Azizi and M. Jaeger, Judges; D. Christensen,                                   (Language of the case: French)
Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on
8 January 2003, in which it:
                                                                          In Case T-310/01: Schneider Electric SA, established in Rueil-
1.    Joins Cases T-94/01, T-152/01 and T-286/01 for the                  Malmaison (France), represented by F. Herbert, J. Steenbergen
      purposes of judgment;                                               and M. Pittie, lawyers, supported by French Republic (Agents:
                                                                          G. de Bergues and F. Million), against Commission of the
2.    In Case T-94/01:                                                    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
      —    Annuls the decision of the European Central Bank of            Limoges, represented by H. Masse-Dessen, lawyer — appli-
           25 September 2000;                                             cation for annulment of Commission Decision C(2001)3014
                                                                          final declaring a concentration to be incompatible with the
      —    Dismisses the remainder of the action;                         common market and the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/M.2283