Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2019:799
Date: 2019-11-21
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Second Chamber
Based on: Merger Treaty (1965)
Subject matter: Staff regulations and employment conditions - EC
Procedure: Staff cases - unfounded
Origin: Belgium

Judgment of the General Court of 21 November 2019 — Bruno v Commission (Case T-241/18) 1 (Civil service — Members of the temporary staff — Pension scheme — Severance grant — Payments to a national or private pension scheme since taking up duties — Pension rights acquired previously under a national scheme — Article 11(1) and Article 12(2) of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations — Plea of illegality — Equal treatment) Language of the case: French Parties Applicant: Luigi Bruno (Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Belgium) (represented by: N. de Montigny, lawyer) Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B. Mongin and R. Strian, acting as Agents) Interveners in support of the defendant: European Parliament (represented by: C. Gonzalez Argüelles, T. Lazian and J. Van Pottelberge, acting as Agents), Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bauer and R. Meyer, acting as Agents) Re: Application under Article 270 TFEU seeking annulment of the decision of the Office for Administration and Payment of Individual Entitlements (PMO) of 4 July 2017 dismissing the request made by the applicant to pay him the severance grant provided for in Article 12(2) of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union and, alternatively, of the subsequent decision of 18 January 2018 dismissing the complaint lodged by the applicant against that decision. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Mr Luigi Bruno to pay the costs; Orders the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union to bear their own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 231, 2.7.2018.