CELEX: 62018TA0379
Language: en
Date: 2019-09-19 00:00:00
Title: Case T-379/18: Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2019 — WI v Commission (Civil service — Pensions — Survivor’s pension — Registered non-marital partnership — Refusal to grant — Article 1(2)(c)(iv) of Annex VII of the Staff Regulation — Access to civil marriage — Principle of sound administration — Duty to have regard for the welfare of officials — Exceptional Circumstances)

25.11.2019   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 399/49
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2019 — WI v Commission
      (Case T-379/18) (1)
      
      (Civil service - Pensions - Survivor’s pension - Registered non-marital partnership - Refusal to grant - Article 1(2)(c)(iv) of Annex VII of the Staff Regulation - Access to civil marriage - Principle of sound administration - Duty to have regard for the welfare of officials - Exceptional Circumstances)
      (2019/C 399/59)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: WI (represented by: T. Bontinck and A. Guillerme, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B. Mongin and L. Radu Bouyon, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action under Article 270 TFUE for the annulment of the decision of the Commission of 16 August 2017 not to grant a survivor’s pension to the applicant, of the decision of 13 September 2017 in so far as it refused to grant a survivor’s pension to the applicant and of the decision of 9 March 2018 rejecting the complaint lodged by the applicant.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
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                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Orders WI to pay the costs of the proceedings.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 341, 24.9.2018.