In May 2024, 11 appeals were lodged with the Administrative Tribunal. These are the appeals:

• No. 748/2024 – F. G.
• No. 749/2024 - M. B. L.
• No. 750/2024 – G. B.
• No. 751/2024 - C. W.-H.
• No. 752/2024 – L. C.
• No. 753/2024 – E. H.
• No. 754/2024 - M.-L. F.
• No. 755/2024 – M. C.
• No. 756/2024 – P. N.
• No. 757/2024 – M. H.
• No. 758/2024 – F. B.

The appellants seek the annulment of the decision by which the Secretary General rejects any liability on the part of the Council of Europe in connection with the decision of the French tax authorities to make the pension paid to them by the Organisation subject to certain social security contributions.

In support of their appeals, the appellants claim that the Organisation failed in its duties and infringed the Council of Europe's internal law. They complain that the Organisation deprived them of the practical possibility of choosing between affiliation to the French social security system and the Organisation's medical scheme. They claim further that the Organisation failed to fulfil its duty to inform and its duty of care. The appellants consider that, in application of these general principles, the Organisation should have informed them of the economic consequences of these choices and of the cost of joining the French social security system in view of the social security contributions to be paid.

The appellants ask the Tribunal to order the Organisation to make good the damage they suffered by reimbursing them the arrears of social security contributions which the French tax authorities have charged to them.

The indication of the subject matter of the appeal is based on the information provided to the registry and it is not binding on the Tribunal.

The above information is intended to enable those who so wish to exercise their right to intervene under Article XI of the Statute of the Administrative Tribunal.