62018TJ0241_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 21 November 2019 –Bruno v Commission
(Case T‑241/18)
(Civil service — Members of the temporary staff — Pension scheme — Severance grant — Payments to a national or private pension scheme since taking up duties — Pension rights acquired previously under a national scheme — Article 11(1) and Article 12(2) of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations — Plea of illegality — Equal treatment)
1.
Officials — Members of the temporary staff — Severance grant — Conditions for granting
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Annex VIII, Art. 12(1)(b) and (2))
(see paras 37-41)
2.
Officials — Members of the temporary staff — Severance grant — Conditions for granting — Situation of a member of staff who has made payments to a national or private pension scheme since taking up his duties — Situation of a member of staff who has previously acquired all of his pension rights under a national scheme and who has not made such payments — Non-comparable situations — Breach of the principle of equal treatment — None
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Annex VIII, Art. 12(2))
(see paras 57-59, 61, 66)
Re:
Application under Article 270 TFEU seeking annulment of the decision of the Office for Administration and Payment of Individual Entitlements (PMO) of 4 July 2017 dismissing the request made by the applicant to pay him the severance grant provided for in Article 12(2) of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union and, alternatively, of the subsequent decision of 18 January 2018 dismissing the complaint lodged by the applicant against that decision.
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Mr Luigi Bruno to pay the costs;
3.
Orders the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union to bear their own costs.