15.10.2005   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 257/10


Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 13 September 2005 — Recalde Langarica v Commission

(Case T-283/03) (1)

(Officials - Expatriation allowance - Article 4(1)(a) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations - Rights of the defence - Article 26 of the Staff Regulations - Manifest error of assessment - Meaning of ‘habitually reside’ - Work done for another State)

(2005/C 257/18)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties:

Applicant: Recalde Langarica (Brussels, Belgium) [represented by: R.García-Gallardo Gil-Fournier and D. Domínguez Pérez, lawyers]

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities [represented by: J. Currall, acting as Agent, and J. Rivas Andrés and J. Gutiérrez Gisbert, lawyers]

Application for:

annulment of the Commission's decision withdrawing the applicant's entitlement to the expatriation allowance.

Operative part of the judgment:

The Court:

1)

Dismisses the action.

2)

Orders the parties to bear their own costs.


(1)  OJ C 239 of 4.10.2003.