Case C-431/20 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 6 October 2021 — Carlo Tognoli and Others v European Parliament (Appeal — Institutional law — Single statute for Members of the European Parliament — Members of the European Parliament elected in Italian constituencies — Modification of pension entitlements — Act adversely affecting an official — Provisional position — Independent legal effects)
Date: 2021-10-06
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Italy, Member of the European Parliament, Statute for Members of the Parliament, pension scheme








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6.12.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 490/13






Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 6 October 2021 — Carlo Tognoli and Others v European Parliament
(Case C-431/20 P) (1)

(Appeal - Institutional law - Single statute for Members of the European Parliament - Members of the European Parliament elected in Italian constituencies - Modification of pension entitlements - Act adversely affecting an official - Provisional position - Independent legal effects)
(2021/C 490/12)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Appellants: Carlo Tognoli, Emma Allione, Luigi Alberto Colajanni, Claudio Martelli, Luciana Sbarbati, Carla Dimatore, as heir of Mario Rigo, Roberto Speciale, Loris Torbesi, as heir of Eugenio Melandri, Luciano Pettinari, Pietro Di Prima, Carla Barbarella, Carlo Alberto Graziani, Giorgio Rossetti, Giacomo Porrazzini, Guido Podestà, Roberto Barzanti, Rita Medici, Aldo Arroni, Franco Malerba, Roberto Mezzaroma (represented by: M. Merola and L. Florio, avvocati)

Other party to the proceedings: European Parliament (represented by: S. Alves and S. Seyr, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Sets aside the order of the General Court of the European Union of 3 July 2020, Tognoli and Others v Parliament (T-395/19, T-396/19, T-405/19, T-408/19, T-419/19, T-423/19, T-424/19, T-428/19, T-433/19, T-437/19, T-443/19, T-455/19, T-458/19 to T-462/19, T-464/19, T-469/19 and T-477/19, not published, EU:T:2020:302), in so far as it rejected the claims made by Mr Carlo Tognoli and Others for annulment of the notes of 11 April 2019 drawn up by the Head of the ‘Members’ Salaries and Social Entitlements’ Unit of the European Parliament’s Directorate-General for Finance and concerning the adjustment of the amount of the pensions they receive following the entry into force, on 1 January 2019, of Decision No 14/2018 of the Ufficio di Presidenza della Camera dei deputati (Office of the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Italy) and of the decisions of the European Parliament set out in the letters of 20 June (Case T-396/19), of 8 July (Cases T-405/19, T-408/19, T-443/19 and T-464/19), of 15 July (Cases T-419/19, T-433/19, T-455/19, T-458/19 to T-462/19, T-469/19 and T-477/19) and of 23 July 2019 (Cases T-395/19, T-423/19, T-424/19 and T-428/19);










2.


Dismisses the pleas of inadmissibility raised by the European Parliament before the General Court;










3.


Refers the cases back to the General Court for a ruling on the claims made by Mr Carlo Tognoli and Others for annulment of those notes and those decisions;










4.


Reserves the costs.






(1)  OJ C 390, 16.11.2020.