62024TJ0533_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 23 July 2025 –FV v Commission
(Case T‑533/24)
(Civil service – Officials – Retirement pension – Reform of the Staff Regulations of 2004 and 2014 – Transitional measures relating to certain details for calculating pension rights – Article 28 of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations – Members of the auxiliary staff who have become members of the temporary staff – Members of the temporary staff who have become officials – Annual rate of accrual of pension rights – Retirement age – Scope of the law – Equal treatment – Duty to have regard for the welfare of officials – Liability)
1.
Officials – Pensions – Methods of calculation of pension rights – Transitional provisions of Regulation No 1023/2013 – Applicability to staff employed on 31 December 2013 – Limited to staff whose affiliation to the EU pension scheme has been interrupted – Precluded – Breach of the principle of equal treatment by treating staff whose affiliation has been interrupted in the same way as staff whose affiliation has not – No breach
(Art. 13(2) TEU; Staff Regulations of Officials, as amended by Regulation No 1023/2013, recital 29 and Art. 83(2) and Annex XIII, Arts 21, 22 and 28; Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, Art. 1(1) and Annex; Council Regulation No 723/2004)
(see paragraphs 32-37, 39, 40, 103-109)
2.
Officials – Pensions – Methods of calculation of pension rights –Transitional provisions of Regulation No 1023/2013 – Applicability to staff appointed as officials between 1 May 2004 and 31 December 2013 – Application of an annual rate of acquisition of pension rights less favourable compared to a staff member not having become an official – Difference in treatment – Justification in the light of the objective to preserve the actuarial balance of the EU pension scheme – Whether permissible
(Arts 310 and 317 TFEU; Staff Regulations of Officials, as amended by Regulation No 1023/2013, Art. 77 and Annex XIII Arts 21, 22 and 28; Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, Arts 39(1), 83(2) and 109(1) and Annex, Art. 1(1); European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1023/2013, recital 13)
(see paragraphs 42-61, 72-83, 86-99)
3.
Actions brought by officials – Pleas in law – Plea alleging infringement of the principle of equal treatment – Challenge of transitional rules laid down in order to guarantee an equitable transition from one statutory regime to a new statutory regime – Judicial review – Limits
(see paragraphs 64-68)
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders FV 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.