62020TJ0619_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 15 December 2021 –FJ and Others v EEAS
(Case T‑619/20)
(Civil Service – Officials – Remuneration – EEAS staff posted to a third country – Annual and interim update of correction coefficients – Manifest error of assessment)
1.
Officials – Remuneration – Weightings – Fixing – Interim update decided by the Commission – Aim
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 64 and 65 and Annex XI, Arts 4 to 7)
(see paras 56, 57, 66)
2.
Officials – Remuneration – Weightings – Fixing – Discretion of the institutions – Judicial review – Limits – Manifest error of assessment – Burden of proof
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 64 and 65 and Annex XI)
(see paras 58-60, 64, 67, 81, 84)
3.
Officials – Remuneration – Weightings – Fixing – Criteria – Effect of the increase in the correction coefficients applied to the salaries of staff of UN organisations – None
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 64)
(see para. 72)
Re:
Application under Article 270 TFEU for annulment of the applicants’ salary statements for the month of December 2019 in so far as they apply, for the first time, the correction coefficients fixed, with retroactive effect, on 1 April and 1 July 2019.
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders FJ, FL, FM, FN and FP to pay the costs.