7.3.2009   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 55/51


Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 20 January 2009 — Klein v Commission

(Case F-32/08) (1)

(Staff case - Officials - Pensions - Invalidity pension - Death - Definition of dependent child - Article 2 of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations - Death allowance - Death grant - Orphans' pension)

(2009/C 55/93)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Marie-Claude Klein (Grasse, France) (represented by: S. Rodrigues and C. Bernard-Glanz, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: D. Martin and K. Herrmann, Agents)

Re:

Annulment of the Appointing Authority's decision of 4 May 2007 refusing to grant the applicant entitlement to a death grant, a death allowance and an orphans' pension.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Ms Klein to pay all the costs.


(1)  OJ C 116, 9.5.2008, p. 36.