Judgment of the General Court of 17 May 2023 — IR v Commission

(Case T-685/21) (1)

(Civil service - Officials - Social security - Joint rules on sickness insurance for officials - Article 72 of the Staff Regulations - Serious illness - Opinion of the Medical Officer - Obligation to state reasons)

(2023/C 235/46)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: IR (represented by: S. Pappas and A. Pappas, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Hohenecker and L. Vernier, acting as Agents)

Re:

By his action under Article 270 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of 11 December 2020 by which the European Commission rejected the application for renewal of the serious illness scheme in respect of his son’s illness.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Annuls the decision of 11 December 2020 by which the European Commission rejected the application for renewal of the serious illness scheme in respect of the illness of IR’s son.

2.	Orders the Commission to pay the costs.

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(1)  OJ C 11, 10.1.2022.