Joined Cases T-389/19 to T-394/19, T-397/19, T-398/19, T-403/19, T-404/19, T-406/19, T-407/19, T-409/19 to T-414/19, T-416/19 to T-418/19, T-420/19 to T-422/19, T-425/19 to T-427/19, T-429/19 to T-432/19, T-435/19, T-436/19, T-438/19 to T-442/19, T-444/19 to T-446/19, T-448/19, T-450/19 to T-454/19, T-463/19 and T-465/19: Judgment of the General Court of 15 October 2020 — Coppo Gavazzi and Others v Parliament (Institutional law — Single statute for Members of the European Parliament — Members of the European Parliament elected in Italian constituencies — Adoption by the Ufficio di Presidenza della Camera dei deputati (Office of the President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Italy) of Decision No 14/2018, on pensions — Change in the amount of the pensions of members of the Italian national parliament — Consequential change by the European Parliament in the amount of the pensions of certain former Members of the European Parliament elected in Italy — Competence of the authority which adopted the measure — Obligation to state reasons — Acquired rights — Legal certainty — Legitimate expectations — Right to property — Proportionality — Equal treatment)
Date: 2020-10-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Italy, Member of Parliament, Member of the European Parliament, equal treatment, ownership, pension scheme, principle of legal certainty, principle of proportionality, regions of Italy








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21.12.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 443/20






Judgment of the General Court of 15 October 2020 — Coppo Gavazzi and Others v Parliament
(Joined Cases T-389/19 to T-394/19, T-397/19, T-398/19, T-403/19, T-404/19, T-406/19, T-407/19, T-409/19 to T-414/19, T-416/19 to T-418/19, T-420/19 to T-422/19, T-425/19 to T-427/19, T-429/19 to T-432/19, T-435/19, T-436/19, T-438/19 to T-442/19, T-444/19 to T-446/19, T-448/19, T-450/19 to T-454/19, T-463/19 and T-465/19) (1)

(Institutional law - Single statute for Members of the European Parliament - Members of the European Parliament elected in Italian constituencies - Adoption by the Ufficio di Presidenza della Camera dei deputati (Office of the President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Italy) of Decision No 14/2018, on pensions - Change in the amount of the pensions of members of the Italian national parliament - Consequential change by the European Parliament in the amount of the pensions of certain former Members of the European Parliament elected in Italy - Competence of the authority which adopted the measure - Obligation to state reasons - Acquired rights - Legal certainty - Legitimate expectations - Right to property - Proportionality - Equal treatment)
(2020/C 443/24)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicants: Maria Teresa Coppo Gavazzi (Milan, Italy) and the 48 other applicants whose names are annexed to the judgment (represented by: M. Merola, lawyer)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: S. Seyr and S. Alves, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application based on Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of the notes of 11 April 2019 and, with respect to the applicant in Case T-465/19, of that of 11 June 2019, drawn up, in the case of each of the applicants, by the Parliament and concerning the adjustment of the amount earned by the applicants after the entry into force, on 1 January 2019, of Decision No 14/2018 of the Ufficio di Presidenza della Camera dei deputati.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action in Case T-453/19, Panusa v Parliament as inadmissible;










2.


Dismisses the other actions;










3.


Orders Ms Maria Teresa Coppo Gavazzi and the other applicants whose names are annexed to the judgment to bear their own costs and pay those incurred by the European Parliament.






(1)  OJ C 270, 12.8.2019.