Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2019:732
Date: 2019-10-10
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Based on: Merger Treaty (1965)
Subject matter: Staff regulations and employment conditions - EC
Procedure: Staff cases - unfounded;Staff cases - inadmissible

summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based — Similar requirements for submissions made in support of a plea — Imprecise formulation of a claim — Inadmissibility (Statute of the Court of Justice, Article 21; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 76(d)) (see para. 49) 3. Officials — Principles — Protection of legitimate expectations — Conditions (see paras 50-52) 4. EU law — Principles — Duty to act within a reasonable time — Infringement in an administrative procedure — Effects (Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art 41(1)) (see paras 53, 54) 5. EU law — Principles — Legal certainty — EU rules — Requirements of clarity and precision (Staff Regulations of Officials, Annex VII, Art. 3(1)) (see para. 57) 6. Officials — Remuneration — Family allowances — Education allowance — Education costs — No obligation for the EU to provide entirely free compulsory education (Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art 14; Staff Regulations of Officials, Annex VII, Art. 3(1)) (see paras 63-68) 7. EU law — Principles — Equal treatment — Meaning — Limits (see para. 76) 8. EU law — Principles — Proportionality — Scope (see para. 84) Re: Action under Article 270 TFEU seeking annulment of the Council’s decisions not to reimburse the applicants, in respect of the school year 2017/2018, for the education costs notified by means of an individual decision or via Sysper/Ariane, the internal IT system. Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders ZM, ZN and ZO to pay the costs; 3. Orders the European Parliament to bear its own costs.