Order of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 February 2025 –
BT v Commission

(Case T‑162/24)

(Civil service – Officials – Surviving spouse – Liability – Material and non-material damage – Res judicata – Partial inadmissibility – Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights – Equal treatment – Action in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law)

1.	Judicial proceedings – Res judicata – Scope – Inadmissibility of a second action – Conditions – Parties, subject matter and legal basis of the two actions the same (see paragraphs 32, 34, 36, 41-50)

Judicial proceedings – Application initiating proceedings – Procedural requirements – Identification of the defendant – Erroneous designation as defendant of a person other than the author of the contested measure – Inadmissibility

(Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 76(c))

(see paragraphs 54-57)

3.	Officials – Social security – Gifts, loans or advances – Request that a gift be made – Administration's discretion – Scope – Autonomy of the institutions (Treaty of Amsterdam, Art. 9(3); Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 76) (see paragraph 67)

Operative part

1.	The action is dismissed as in part inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law.

2.	There is no need to rule on the application to intervene made by the International Association of Former Officials of the European Union (AIACE).

3.	BT shall pay the costs.