Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2017:468
Date: 2017-07-06
Language of the case: French
Based on: Merger Treaty (1965)
Subject matter: Staff regulations and employment conditions - EC
Procedure: Staff cases - unfounded;Action for damages - unfounded

summary of the pleas in law on which the application based (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 21, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal, Art. 35(1)(e)) (see para. 137) 8. Officials — Staff of the European Investment Bank — Administration's duty to have regard for the interests of officials — Scope –Implementation of economies to the detriment of staff — Lawfulness (see para. 146) Re: ACTION under Article 270 TFEU seeking, first, annulment of the decisions, contained in the salary slips from April 2013 onwards, applying to the applicants the decision of the EIB Board of Directors of 18 December 2012, the decision of the EIB Management Committee of 29 January 2013, and the article published online on 5 February 2013 informing staff of the adoption of those two decisions; and, secondly, an order that the EIB pay to the applicants a sum corresponding to the difference between the amount of remuneration paid in application of the abovementioned decisions and the amount of remuneration due under the previous system, together with compensation for the damage which the applicants claim to have suffered as a result of their loss of purchasing power. Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Mr Jean-Pierre Bodson and the other members of staff of the European Investment Bank (EIB) whose names are listed in the annex to pay the costs.