Joined Cases C-119/19 P and C-126/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 September 2020 — European Commission v Francisco Carreras Sequeros and Others, European Parliament, Council of the European Union (Appeal — Civil service — Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union — Reform of 1 January 2014 — Article 6 of Annex X — Officials and members of the contract staff serving in a third country — New provisions on the granting of days of paid annual leave — Objection of illegality — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 31(2) — Directive 2003/88/EC — Fundamental right to paid annual leave)
Date: 2020-09-08
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European official, contract staff, expatriate worker, fundamental rights, legality, paid leave, servant (EU), staff regulations (EU), third country








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9.11.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 378/8






Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 September 2020 — European Commission v Francisco Carreras Sequeros and Others, European Parliament, Council of the European Union
(Joined Cases C-119/19 P and C-126/19 P) (1)

(Appeal - Civil service - Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union - Reform of 1 January 2014 - Article 6 of Annex X - Officials and members of the contract staff serving in a third country - New provisions on the granting of days of paid annual leave - Objection of illegality - Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Article 31(2) - Directive 2003/88/EC - Fundamental right to paid annual leave)
(2020/C 378/09)
Language of the case: French

Parties


(Case C-119/19 P)


Appellant: European Commission (represented by: T.S. Bohr, G. Gattinara and L. Vernier, acting as Agents)

Other parties to the proceedings: Francisco Carreras Sequeros, Mariola de las Heras Ojeda, Olivier Maes, Gabrio Marinozzi, Giacomo Miserocchi, Marc Thieme Groen (represented by: S. Orlandi and T. Martin, avocats), European Parliament (represented by: O. Caisou-Rousseau, J. Steele and E. Taneva, acting as Agents), Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bauer and R. Meyer, acting as Agents)

(Case C-126/19 P)


Appellant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bauer and R. Meyer, acting as Agents)

Other parties to the proceedings: Francisco Carreras Sequeros, Mariola de las Heras Ojeda, Olivier Maes, Gabrio Marinozzi, Giacomo Miserocchi, Marc Thieme Groen (represented by: S. Orlandi and T. Martin, avocats), European Commission (represented by: T.S. Bohr, G. Gattinara and L. Vernier, acting as Agents), European Parliament (represented by: O. Caisou-Rousseau, J. Steele and E. Taneva, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 4 December 2018, Carreras Sequeros and Others v Commission (T-518/16, EU:T:2018:873);










2.


Dismisses the action brought by Mr Francisco Carreras Sequeros, Ms Mariola de las Heras Ojeda, Mr Olivier Maes, Mr Gabrio Marinozzi, Mr Giacomo Miserocchi and Mr Marc Thieme Groen in Case T-518/16;










3.


Orders Mr Francisco Carreras Sequeros, Ms Mariola de las Heras Ojeda, Mr Olivier Maes, Mr Gabrio Marinozzi, Mr Giacomo Miserocchi and Mr Marc Thieme Groen to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union in the context of the present appeals and of the proceedings before the General Court of the European Union, as well as those incurred by the European Commission in the context of the latter proceedings;










4.


Orders the Commission to bear its own costs incurred in the context of the present appeals;










5.


Orders the European Parliament to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 131, 8.4.2019.