62022TJ0367_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber) of 25 September 2024 – PT v Commission
(Case T‑367/22) (
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(Civil service – Members of the contract staff – Retirement pension – Pension rights acquired before entry into the service of the European Union – Transfer to the EU scheme – Determination of pension rights – ‘Minimum subsistence figure’ rule – No reimbursement of transferred national pension rights – Plea of illegality – Fourth paragraph of Article 77 of the Staff Regulations – Equal treatment)
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Officials – Pensions – Pension rights acquired before entry into the service of the European Union – Transfer to the EU scheme – Grant of a pension calculated by reference to the minimum subsistence figure – Difference in treatment between officials receiving the minimum subsistence figure who made a transfer and those who did not make a transfer – Non-comparable situations
(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 20; Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 77, fourth para.)
(see paragraphs 35, 36, 38, 48)
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Officials – Pensions – Pension rights acquired before entry into the service of the European Union – Transfer to the EU scheme – Additional years of pensionable service – Accrued years of pensionable service resulting in an amount lower than the minimum subsistence figure – Consequences – Calculation of the pension by reference to the minimum subsistence figure – No mechanism that involves not taking into account the transfer made by the person concerned – Refusal to reimburse the amount of that transfer – Whether permissible
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 77 and Annex VIII, Arts 2, 6 and 11(2))
(see paragraphs 40-42, 44-47, 60, 61)
3.
Actions brought by officials – Pleas in law – Plea alleging infringement of the principle of equal treatment – Reliance on measures adopted by another institution in respect of their staff – Rejection
(see paragraph 57)
4.
Actions brought by officials – Pleas in law – Plea alleging infringement of the principle of sound administration – Argument involving the interpretation of a provision in a way that corresponds neither to its wording nor its scope – Rejection
(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 41)
(see paragraph 64)
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the action;
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Orders PT to bear her own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;
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Declares that the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union are to bear their own costs.
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)	OJ C 303, 8.8.2022.