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Order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 29 November 2021 –Aresu v Commission
(Case T‑524/16)
(Civil service – Officials – 2014 Reform of the Staff Regulations – Travelling time – Home leave – Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
1.
Actions brought by officials – Interest in bringing proceedings – Action for annulment of a decision implementing the replacement of travelling time by the allocation of a reduced number of days of home leave – Compulsory retirement of the applicant during the proceedings – Interest in bringing proceedings retained
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 90 and 91, and Annex V, Art. 7)
(see paras 27-29)
2.
Officials – Leave – Annual leave – Travelling time – Reform of the Staff Regulations – Replacement by home leave – Discretion of the legislature – Infringement of the principles of equal treatment, proportionality and protection of legitimate expectations – None
(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 20; Staff Regulations of Officials, as amended by Regulation No 1023/2013, Annex V, Art. 7)
(see paras 34-53, 58-62)
3.
Acts of the institutions – Temporal application – Immediate application of the new rule to the future effects of a situation which arose under the old rule – Adoption of Regulation No 1023/2013 amending the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants – Infringement of acquired rights – None
(Staff Regulations of Officials, as amended by Regulation No 1023/2013, Annex V, Art. 7)
(see paras 63-66)
Re:
Application pursuant to Article 270 TFEU seeking annulment of the decision no longer to grant the applicant, as of 1 January 2014, travelling time of five days which he enjoyed previously on the basis of Article 7 of Annex V to the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union, as amended by Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1023/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council of 22 October 2013 (OJ 2013 L 287, p. 15).
Operative part
1.
The action is dismissed.
2.
Mr Antonio Aresu shall bear his own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission, including those of the interlocutory proceedings.
3.
The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union shall bear their own costs.