28.7.2012

Official Journal of the European Union

C 227/35

(Case F-31/10) (<span class="super">1</span>)

(Civil Service - Former official - Social security - Accident - Closure of the procedure for the application of Article 73 of the Staff Regulations - Temporal application of the scale annexed to the new version of the rules concerning insurance against accidents and occupational diseases - Length of the procedure)

2012/C 227/56

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Christian Guittet (Cannes, France) (represented by: L. Levi, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Currall and D. Martin, acting as Agents, and J.-L. Fagnart, lawyer)

Re:

Application to annul the decision to close the procedure opened under Article 73 of the Staff Regulations by granting the applicant a rate of permanent invalidity of 64,5 % and, secondly, the application for compensation for the material and non-material harm suffered.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

1.Annuls the decision of 27 July 2008 to close the procedure opened under Article 73 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union following the accident to Mr Guittet on 8 December 2003;

2.Orders the European Commission to pay Mr Guittet the sum of EUR 2 500;

3.Dismisses the remainder of the action;

4.Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by Mr Guittet.

(<span class="super">1</span>) OJ C 179, 3.7.2010, p. 59.

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