Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2020 — HA v Commission

(Case T-736/19) (1)

(Civil service - Officials - Reimbursement of medical expenses - Ceiling for reimbursement of equipment for the treatment of sleep apnoea - Action for annulment - No purely confirmatory act - Interest in bringing proceedings - Admissibility - Joint Rules on sickness insurance for officials - General implementing provisions)

(2021/C 53/48)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: HA (represented by: S. Kreicher, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: T. Bohr, A.-C. Simon and M. Brauhoff, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 270 TFEU seeking the annulment of the decision of the Commission which set a ceiling for reimbursement of EUR 3 100 for the rental of medical equipment for the period from 1 March 2019 to 29 February 2024.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Annuls the decision of the European Commission of 17 January 2019 which set a ceiling for reimbursement of EUR 3 100 for the rental of medical equipment for the period from 1 March 2019 to 29 February 2024 and the decision of the Commission of 13 August 2019 which dismissed the complaint lodged against that decision;

2.	Orders the Commission to pay the costs.

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(1)  OJ C 432, 23.12.2019.