Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2023:187
Date: 2023-03-09
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Tenth Chamber
Subject matter: Provisions governing the Institutions
Procedure: Action for annulment;Appeal - unfounded
Origin: France

Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 9 March 2023 – Grossetête v Parliament (Case C‑714/21 P) (1) (Appeal – Law governing the institutions – Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament – Amendment of the additional voluntary pension scheme – Individual decision fixing additional voluntary pension rights – Plea of illegality – Competence of the Bureau of the Parliament – Rights acquired or in the process of being acquired – Proportionality – Equal treatment – Legal certainty) 1. European Parliament – Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament – Additional voluntary pension scheme – Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament amending the Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament concerning certain conditions of the additional pension scheme – Competence of the Bureau of the Parliament to adopt that decision (Decision of the European Parliament 2005/684; Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament amending the Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament, Art. 76; Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament, Rule 25(3); Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament, Annex VII) (see paragraphs 71-74) 2. European Parliament – Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament – Additional voluntary pension scheme – Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament amending the Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament concerning certain conditions of the additional pension scheme – Rights acquired or in the process of being acquired – Infringement – None (Decision of the European Parliament 2005/684, Art. 27; Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament amending the Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament, Art. 76(2)) (see paragraphs 84-94) 3. European Parliament – Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament – Additional voluntary pension scheme – Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament amending the Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament concerning certain conditions of the additional pension scheme – Principle of equal treatment – Infringement – None (Decision of the European Parliament 2005/684; Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament, Annex VII) (see paragraphs 102-106) 4. European Parliament – Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament – Additional voluntary pension scheme – Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament amending the Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament concerning certain conditions of the additional pension scheme – Raising of the retirement age – Special levy on the pensions of Members of the European Parliament who are members of the additional pension scheme – Principle of proportionality – Infringement – None (Decision of the European Parliament 2005/684; Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament amending the Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament, Art. 76; Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament, Annex VII) (see paragraphs 108-113) 5. European Parliament – Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament – Additional voluntary pension scheme – Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament amending the Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament concerning certain conditions of the additional pension scheme – Principle of legal certainty – Infringement – None (Decision of the European Parliament 2005/684; Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament amending the Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament, Art. 76; Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament, Annex VII) (see paragraphs 120-122) Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders Ms Françoise Grossetête to pay the costs. 1 OJ C 37, 24.1.2022.