62019TJ0131_INF
Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 10 June 2020 –Oosterbosch v Parliament
(Case T‑131/19)
(Civil service – Contract staff – Remuneration – Shiftwork allowance – Article 56a of the Staff Regulations – Legal certainty – Principle of legality – Concept of night work)
1.
Actions brought by officials – Action against a decision rejecting a complaint – Effect – Disputed measure referred to the Court – Exception – Decision not confirmatory in character – Account taken of the reasoning therein
(Staff Regulations, Arts 90 and 91)
(see paras 33-35)
2.
Plea of illegality – Scope – Measures the illegality of which may be pleaded – General measure providing the basis of the contested decision – Need for a legal connection between the contested measure and the contested general measure – Inapplicability of the rule of correspondence between the application and the complaint
(Art. 277 TFEU)
(see paras 53-55)
3.
Officials – Representation – Staff Committee – Obligatory consultation – Scope – No obligation for the administration to act upon the observations made by the Staff Committee
(see para. 80)
4.
Officials – Working conditions – Allowance for continuous working or shiftwork – Conditions for granting – Implementation of an internal regulation providing for the division of the 24-hour day into three time slots and establishing several shifts during those time slots – Whether permissible
(Staff Regulations, Art. 56a; Council Regulation No 300/76, as amended by Regulation No 1873/2006, Art. 1(1))
(see paras 108, 110-113)
5.
Officials – Working conditions – Allowance for continuous working or shiftwork – Night work – Concept – No obligation to apply national law
(Staff Regulations, Art. 56, first para.; European Parliament and Council Directive 2003/88, Art. 2(3))
(see para. 126)
6.
Officials – Working conditions – Allowance for continuous working or shiftwork – Night work – Concept – Partial overlap of a shift with night time – Precluded
(Staff Regulations, Art. 56, first para.; European Parliament and Council Directive 2003/88, Art. 2(4)(b))
(see para. 129)
Re:
Application under Article 270 TFEU for annulment of the applicant’s salary statements for the months of March, April and June 2018.
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the application;
2.
Orders Mr Marc Oosterbosch to pay the costs.