62024TJ0228_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 2 July 2025 –Emanuele and Hansen v Parliament
(Case T‑228/24)
(Civil service – Officials – Retirement pension – Reforms of the Staff Regulations of 2004 and 2014 – Transitional measures relating to certain methods for calculating pension rights – Article 28 of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations – Temporary agents who become officials – Annual rate of accrual of pension rights – Retirement age – Scope of the law – Equal treatment)
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 35-40, 42, 43, 109-115)
2.
Officials – Pensions – Methods of calculation of pension rights –Transitional provisions of Regulation No 1023/2013 – Applicability to staff appointed as officials after having been contract staff on 1 May 2004 or on 1 January 2014 – 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 45-66, 80-91, 94-105)
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 69-73)
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Mr Gianfranco Emanuele and Ms Dorte Hansen to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Parliament;
3.
Orders the Council of the European Union and the European Commission each to bear their own costs.