62024CJ0032_INF
Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 27 February 2025 –OA v Parliament
(Case C-32/24 P)
(Appeal – Civil service – Staff Regulations of Officials – EU pension scheme – Article 77, third subparagraph – Scope of application – Accredited parliamentary assistant who has spent his entire professional career in the European Parliament – Interpretation consistent with the principles of equal treatment and non-discrimination – Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations)
1.
Officials – Pensions – Retirement pensions – Calculation – Officials who assisted a person holding an office provided for by the Treaties – Calculation based on the last basic salary – Conditions – Need to have held different posts within the institutions – Not satisfied by someone who has spent their entire career as an accredited parliamentary agent – Differential treatment of such agents compared to other EU staff members – None
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 77, second and third paras; Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, Arts 109 and 135)
(see paragraphs 35-45, 61, 62)
2.
Officials – Pensions – Retirement pensions – Calculation – Consideration of years of service only – Impact of social security contributions paid – None
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 77, second para., and Annex VIII, Arts 2 and 3)
(see paragraph 50)
3.
Officials – Principles – Protection of legitimate expectations – Conditions
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 77, third para.)
(see paragraphs 67-69)
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the appeal;
2.
Orders OA to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Parliament.