General Court annuls Commission contract agent’s pay slip for total absence of reasons on refusal of Luxembourg social assistance

General Court annuls Commission contract agent’s pay slip for total absence of reasons on refusal of Luxembourg social assistance – EU Law Live

Institutional law

June 17, 2026

The General Court (Third Chamber, sitting with five judges) delivered judgment on 17 June 2026 in Case T-121/25, Gharbi v Commission, annulling the applicant’s remuneration slip for May 2024 on the ground that the Commission had failed to comply with its obligation to state reasons for refusing to pay her social assistance for staff assigned to Luxembourg.

The applicant joined the Commission’s Office for Infrastructure and Logistics in Luxembourg on 16 April 2024 as a part-time contract agent. Her first remuneration slip, issued on 5 May 2024, did not provide for the monthly social assistance established by Commission Decision C(2015) 4907, which benefits staff whose net salary is lower than the Luxembourg social minimum for a qua

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