Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2022:366
Date: 2022-06-15
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

Judgment of the General Court of 15 June 2022 – YY and ZA v Court of Justice of the European Union (Case T-545/16) 1 (Civil service – Officials – 2014 reform of the Staff Regulations – Reimbursement of annual travel expenses – Place of origin located in a third country – Flat-rate payment calculated on the basis of the distance separating the place of employment from the capital of the Member State of which the official is a national) Language of the case: French Parties Applicants: YY, ZA (represented by: J.-N. Louis, R. Metz, D. Verbeke, T. Van Lysebeth and N. Maes, lawyers) Defendant: Court of Justice of the European Union (represented by: J. Inghelram and A. Ysebaert, acting as Agents) Interveners in support of the defendant: European Parliament (represented by: E. Taneva and M. Ecker, acting as Agents), Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bauer and R. Meyer, acting as Agents) Re: Applications under Article 270 TFEU for annulment of the decisions to reduce or discontinue, from 1 January 2014, the reimbursement of annual travel expenses enabling the applicants to maintain a connection with their place of origin. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Order YY and ZA to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the Court of Justice of the European Union; Orders the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union each to bear their own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 146, 4.5.2015 (case initially registered before the European Civil Service Tribunal under Case No F-36/15 and transferred to the General Court of the European Union on 1.9.2016).