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HK v European Commission (C-460/18 P)
The action before the General Court
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The claim for annulment of the contest…
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HK v European Commission (C-460/18 P)

Judgment of 19 Dec 2019law://eu/cjeu/2018/c-460-18/para_78@2026-11-11

78In contrast, a de facto union, such as cohabitation, does not satisfy those characteristics in so far as, as the Advocate General stated, in essence, in point 94 of his Opinion, a de facto union is not, in principle, the subject of a statute laid down by law.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · First Chamber
Case: C-460/18 P · ECLI:EU:C:2019:1119
Decided: 19 Dec 2019
Procedure: Appeal
Ruled invalid: 62016TJ0574
Applicant: HK
Defendant: European Commission
Rapporteur: L. Bay Larsen
Advocate General: P. Pikamäe
Bench: 5 judges
J.‑C. Bonichot, R. Silva de Lapuerta, M. Safjan, L. Bay Larsen, C. Toader
Language: French
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62018CJ0460

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Staff Regulations of Officials

History · 1 version

19 Dec 2019Reading

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Interprets 1: HK v European Commission (T-574/16)
Cited by 17: LU v European Investment Bank (T-365/24); CQ v European Economic and Social Committee (T-117/24); DF v European Commission (T-153/24); EG v European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (T-321/24); OA v European Parliament (C-32/24); LE v European Commission (C-781/22); RS v European Investment Bank (T-624/22); PV v European Commission (T-78/21); PV v European Commission (T-89/20); VP v European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (T-563/22); Symphony Environmental Technologies plc and Symphony Environmental Ltd v European Parliament and Others (T-745/20); Viviane Van Oosterwijck v European Commission (T-622/22); SE v European Commission (T-223/21); OP v European Parliament (T-143/22); SV v European Investment Bank (T-311/21); European Commission and Council of the European Union v VW and Others (C-116/21 P)9 provisions; Robert Roos and Others v European Parliament (T-710/21)
Cites 20: Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Bernard Connolly v European Commission (C-274/99 P); Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation; Toni Klement v European Union Intellectual Property Office (C-698/17); Claudia Gualtieri v European Commission (C-485/08); European Commission v Augusto Brazzelli Lualdi (C-136/92 P); Société Arcelor Atlantique et Lorraine and Others v Premier ministre, Ministre de l’Écologie et du Développement durable and Ministre de l'Économie, des Finances et de l'Industrie (C-127/07); Daniel Ustariz Aróstegui v Departamento de Educación del Gobierno de Navarra (C-72/18); Baustahlgewebe GmbH v Commission of the European Communities (C-185/95 P); Criminal proceedings against Ömer Altun and Others (C-359/16); BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office (C-43/15 P); Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 of the Council of 29 February 1968 laying down the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities and instituting special measures temporarily applicable to officials of the Commission (Staff Regulations of Officials); Deutsche Telekom AG v European Commission (C-280/08 P); Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2016/1192 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2016 on the transfer to the General Court of jurisdiction at first instance in disputes between the European Union and its servants; Osman Ocalan, on behalf of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and Serif Vanly, on behalf of the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) v Council of the European Union (C-229/05 P); Tadao Maruko v Versorgungsanstalt der deutschen Bühnen (C-267/06); D and Kingdom of Sweden v Council of the European Union (C-122/99 P, C-125/99 P); HK v European Commission (T-574/16); Aldo Supermarkets v European Union Intellectual Property Office (C-822/18); P. M. and Others v Ministerraad (C-264/18)