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(Case F-104/10)(1)
(Civil service - Social security - Serious illness - Concept - Hospitalisation - Reimbursement - Direct payment by the claims settlement office - No upper limit in the general implementing provisions for costs of stay - Obligation to inform the insured beforehand in the event of excessive billing)
2013/C 189/62
Language of the case: Italian
Applicants: Mario Alberto de Pretis Cagnodo and Serena Trampuz (Trieste, Italy) (represented by: C. Falagiani, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Currall and D. Martin, acting as Agents, A. Dal Ferro, lawyer)
Annulment of the decision refusing to reimburse 100 % of certain medical expenses in connection with the hospitalisation of the applicant’s wife.
The Court:
1.Annuls the decision of the claims settlement office, Ispra (Italy), as evidenced by payment note No 10 of 1 October 2009, charging Mr de Pretis Cagnodo the amount of EUR 28 800 for costs of stay for Mrs Trampuz de Pretis Cagnodo, considered excessive;
2.Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
3.Orders the European Commission to bear all its own costs and to pay all costs incurred by Mr de Pretis Cagnodo and Mrs Trampuz de Pretis Cagnodo.
(1) OJ C 13, 15.1.2011, p. 42.