Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2018:334
Date: 2018-06-07
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Based on: Merger Treaty (1965)
Subject matter: Staff regulations and employment conditions - EC
Procedure: Staff cases - unfounded;Staff cases - inadmissible;Action for damages - unfounded

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 (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 76(d)) (see paras 53, 54, 63) 7. Officials — Equal treatment — Meaning (Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 1d) (see para. 59) 8. Officials — Principles — Protection of legitimate expectations — Conditions — Specific assurances given by the authorities (see para. 67) 9. Actions brought by officials — Subject-matter — Directions to the administration — Inadmissibility 9. Actions brought by officials — Subject-matter — Directions to the administration — Inadmissibility (Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 91) (see para. 74) 10. Officials — Non-contractual liability of the institutions — Conditions — Unlawfulness — Injury — Causal link — Cumulative conditions (Art. 340, second para., TFEU) (see para. 78) 11. Judicial proceedings — Costs — Order for the successful party to bear its own costs (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Arts 134(1) and 135(1)) (see paras 85-87) Re: Action brought under Article 270 TFEU seeking, first, annulment of the decision of the Office for the Administration and Payment of Individual Entitlements (PMO) of the Commission of 26 September 2016, establishing the number of pensionable years of service to be taken into account in the pension scheme of the EU institutions following the applicant’s request to transfer pension rights acquired before he entered the service of the European Union, and, second, compensation for the damage allegedly suffered by the applicant as a result of the Commission’s unlawful conduct in processing his transfer request. Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders each party to bear its own costs. 2. Orders each party to bear its own costs.