On 26 September 2025, the Administrative Tribunal registered appeal No. 773/2025 – J. C. v. Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

The appellant is a former staff member whose spouse benefited, as his dependent, from primary coverage under the Council of Europe Medical and Social Insurance Scheme (CEMSIS) pursuant to Rule No. 1398 of the Secretary General of 20 December 2022 on benefits related to medical expenses.

The appellant challenges the Administration’s decision to terminate his spouse’s CEMSIS primary coverage with effect from 1 June 2025, date on which she began receiving a national pension. In the appellant’s view, by considering that his spouse had ceased to be his dependent – without taking into account the amount of her pension and the fact that she has no entitlement to public health insurance –, the contested decision produced disproportionate and discriminatory effects. He further argues that, by relying exclusively on the mere existence of income – regardless of its amount – and disregarding the absence of any entitlement to national health insurance, Rule No. 1398 results in an undifferentiated assessment of individual situations and may generate disproportionate, even arbitrary, consequences for those concerned. He therefore seeks its revision to ensure compliance with the principle of proportionality.

For these reasons, the appellant asks the Tribunal to order the Secretary General to revise Article 5, paragraphs 2.a and 2 of Rule No. 1398, to annul the contested decision, and to decide that his spouse should be admitted to the benefit of primary CEMSIS coverage.

The indication of the subject-matter of the appeal is based on the details given by the appellant when the appeal was lodged and it is not binding upon the Tribunal.

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