62019TJ0497_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 29 April 2020 –CZ and Others v EEAS
(Case T‑497/19)
(Civil service – Officials – Remuneration – Weighting – Fixed entertainment allowance – Accommodation expenses – Obligation to state reasons – Duty of care – Equivalence in purchasing power – Equal treatment)
1.
Officials – Decision adversely affecting an official – Obligation to state reasons – Scope – Implied decision rejecting a request – No statement of reasons – Rectified in the response to the complaint
(Art. 296, second para., TFEU; Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 25, second para.)
(see paras 40-46)
2.
Officials – Administration's duty to have regard for the interests of officials – Scope – Limits
(see paras 50-54)
3.
Officials – Remuneration – Weightings – Purpose – Purchasing power equivalence
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 64)
(see para. 58)
4.
Actions brought by officials – Request within the meaning of Article 90(1) of the Staff Regulations – Definition – Request to increase the weighting applicable to the remunerations of officials – Precluded
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 90(1))
(see para. 60)
5.
Officials – Remuneration – Weightings – Principle for the calculation of weightings for each Member State by reference to the cost of living in its capital
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 64 and Annex XI, Art. 1(3)(a) and Art. 9)
(see paras 61-63)
Re:
Application based on Article 270 TFEU seeking annulment of the EEAS’ implicit decision by which the EEAS’ appointing authority and the authority empowered to conclude contracts of employment rejected the applicants’ request for, in essence, an increase, where applicable with retroactive effect, of the weighting applicable to their place of posting, in the present case Paris.
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders CZ, DB, DC and DD to pay the costs.