62016TJ0538_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 15 June 2022 –Schaffrin v Commission
(Case T‑538/16)
(Civil service – Officials – 2014 reform of the Staff Regulations – Reimbursement of annual travel expenses – Place of origin located in a third country – Flat-rate payment calculated on the basis of the distance separating the place of employment from the capital of the Member State of which the official is a national)
Officials – Reimbursement of expenses – Annual travel expenses – Reform of the Staff Regulations – Discretion of the EU legislature – Application of different methods of calculation to officials with their place of origin within the European Union and those with a place of origin outside the European Union – Whether permissible – No infringement of the principles of legal certainty, equal treatment and proportionality
(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 20; Staff Regulations of Officials, as amended by Regulation No 1023/2013, Annex VII, Art. 8)
(see paras 31-35, 39, 41-60)
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Dora Schaffrin to bear her own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;
3.
Orders the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union each to bear their own costs.