Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2017:15
Date: 2017-01-19
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Appeals Chamber
Based on: Merger Treaty (1965)
Subject matter: Staff regulations and employment conditions - EC
Procedure: Staff cases - unfounded;Appeal - successful

Judgment of the General Court of 19 January 2017 — Commission v Frieberger and Vallin (Case T-232/16 P) 1 (Appeal — Civil service — Officials — Pensions — Reform of the Staff Regulations — Raising of the retirement age — Decision refusing to recalculate the bonus relating to pension rights — Principle of ne ultra petita — Error in law — Obligation to state reasons) Language of the case: French Parties Appellant: European Commission (represented by: G. Berscheid and G. Gattinara, acting as Agents) Other parties to the proceedings: Jürgen Frieberger (Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium) and Benjamin Vallin (Saint-Gilles, Belgium) (represented by: J.-N. Louis and N. de Montigny, lawyers) Re: Appeal brought against the judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union (Third Chamber) of 2 March 2016, Frieberger and Vallin v Commission (F-3/15, EU:F:2016:26), seeking to have that judgment set aside. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Sets aside the judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union (Third Chamber) of 2 March 2016, Frieberger and Vallin v Commission (F-3/15); Dismisses the action brought by Jürgen Frieberger and Benjamin Vallin before the Civil Service Tribunal in Case F-3/15; Orders each party to bear its own costs relating to the appeal proceedings; Orders Mr Frieberger and Mr Vallin to pay the costs of the proceedings before the Civil Service Tribunal, including the costs incurred by the European Commission. ____________ 1 OJ C 243, 4.7.2016.