In a judgment handed down on Thursday 27 November (case C-137/24 P), the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that the tax abatement granted to European officials for each dependent child effectively ends on the child’s 26th birthday at the latest, whether or not the child continues to study at university.
A European official whose children had reached the age of 26 but were still studying applied to the European Commission for a derogation so that he could continue to benefit...