62020CJ0725_SUM
Case C‑725/20 P
Maria Teresa Coppo Gavazzi and Others
v
European Parliament
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 19 September 2024
(Appeal – Law governing the institutions – Single Statute for Members of the European Parliament – Members of the European Parliament elected in Italian constituencies – Adoption by the Italian Chamber of Deputies of a decision on pensions – Change in the amounts of the pensions of members of the Italian Parliament – Corresponding change, by the European Parliament, in the amounts of the pensions of certain former Members of the European Parliament elected in Italy – Replacement of the decisions of the Parliament – Continuing interest in bringing proceedings for annulment of the judgment of the General Court of the European Union)
Actions for annulment – Interest in bringing proceedings – Repeal of the contested act in the course of the proceedings – Interest of the applicant in bringing proceedings capable of continuing in view of a risk of repetition of the alleged unlawfulness
(Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU)
(see paragraphs 40-42, 47)
European Parliament – Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament – Single Statute for Members of the European Parliament – Decision of the Directorate-General for Finances of the European Parliament concerning the change in the amount of the pensions of former Members of the European Parliament – Change carried out in application of the identical pension rule – Entry into force of the Statute for Members – No effect
(European Parliament Bureau Decision concerning implementing measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament, Art. 75; Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament, Annex III, Art. 2(1))
(see paragraphs 85, 86, 88-91, 159)
European Parliament – Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament – Single Statute for Members of the European Parliament – Decision of the Directorate-General for Finances of the European Parliament concerning the change in the amount of the pensions of former Members of the European Parliament – Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations – Infringement – No infringement
(European Parliament Bureau Decision concerning implementing measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament, Art. 75; Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament, Annex III, Art. 2(1))
(see paragraphs 95-98)
European Parliament – Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament – Single Statute for Members of the European Parliament – Decision of the Directorate-General for Finances of the European Parliament concerning the change in the amount of the pensions of former Members of the European Parliament – Restriction of the right to property – Breach of the principle of proportionality – No breach
(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Arts 17(1) and 52(1); European Parliament Bureau Decision concerning implementing measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament, Art. 75; Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament, Annex III, Art. 2(1))
(see paragraphs 106-110, 116-119)
European Parliament – Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament – Single Statute for Members of the European Parliament – Decision of the Directorate-General for Finances of the European Parliament concerning the change in the amount of the pensions of former Members of the European Parliament – Principle of legal certainty – Infringement – No infringement
(European Parliament Bureau Decision concerning implementing measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament, Art. 75; Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament, Annex III, Art. 2(1))
(see paragraphs 123-128)
See the text of the decision.