Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2017:827
Date: 2017-11-22
Language of the case: French
Based on: Merger Treaty (1965)
Subject matter: Staff regulations and employment conditions - EC
Procedure: Staff cases - unfounded;Staff cases - inadmissible;Action for damages - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 22 November 2017 — von Blumenthal and Others v EIB (Case T-558/16) 1 (Civil Service — Staff of the EIB — Reform of the system of remuneration and salary progression — Plea of illegality — Equal treatment — Liability) Language of the case: French Parties Applicants: Henry von Blumenthal (Bergem, Luxembourg), Marc D’Hooge (Luxembourg, Luxembourg), Giulia Gaspari (Luxembourg), Patrick Vanhoudt (Gonderange, Luxembourg) and Dalila Bundy (Cosnes-et-Romain, France) (represented by: L. Levi, lawyer) Defendant: European Investment Bank (EIB) (represented initially by: C. Gómez de la Cruz, G. Nuvoli and T. Gilliams, and subsequently by: T. Gilliams and G. Faedo, acting as Agents, and P.-E. Partsch, lawyer) Re: Application on the basis of Article 270 TFEU seeking, firstly, annulment of the decisions, contained in the salary statements of April 2015 and thereafter, to apply to the applicants the decision of the Board of Directors of the defendant of 16 December 2014 and the decision of the Management Committee of the defendant of 4 February 2015, and of the notices drawn up in April 2015 concerning the performance rewards and, secondly, an order that the EIB pay the applicants, firstly, the difference between the remuneration resulting from the decisions cited above and that due in accordance with the obligations of the EIB and, secondly, damages in respect of the pecuniary harm, as a result of the loss of purchasing power, allegedly suffered by the applicants and compensation for the non-pecuniary harm allegedly suffered by the applicants. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Mr Henry von Blumenthal, Mr Marc D’Hooge, Ms Giulia Gaspari, Mr Patrick Vanhoudt and Ms Dalila Bundy to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 414, 14.12.2015 (case initially registered before the European Union Civil Service Tribunal under number F-99/15 and transferred to the General Court of the European Union on 1.9.2016).