CELEX: 62013CB0281
Language: en
Date: 2014-04-03 00:00:00
Title: Case C-281/13 P: Order of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 3 April 2014 — Lord Inglewood and Others v European Parliament (Appeal — Additional pension scheme for Members of the European Parliament — Amendment to the additional pension scheme in 2009 — Decisions rejecting the appellants’ applications to benefit from the provisions in force before amendment of the scheme — Errors of law — Legal certainty — Legitimate expectations — Equal treatment — Principle of proportionality)

16.6.2014   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 184/7
            
         Order of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 3 April 2014 — Lord Inglewood and Others v European Parliament
   (Case C-281/13 P) (1)
   
   ((Appeal - Additional pension scheme for Members of the European Parliament - Amendment to the additional pension scheme in 2009 - Decisions rejecting the appellants’ applications to benefit from the provisions in force before amendment of the scheme - Errors of law - Legal certainty - Legitimate expectations - Equal treatment - Principle of proportionality))
   2014/C 184/09
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellants: Lord Inglewood, Georges Berthu, Guy Bono, David Robert Bowe, Brendan Donnelly, Catherine Guy-Quint, Christine Margaret Oddy, Nicole Thomas-Mauro, Gary Titley, Maartje van Putten, Vincenzo Viola (represented by: S. Orlandi, avocat)
   
      Other party to the proceedings: European Parliament (represented by: M. Windisch and S. Seyr, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Appeal brought against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 13 March 2013 in Joined Cases T-229/11 and T-276/11 Inglewood and Others v Parliament, by which the General Court dismissed the appellants’ action for annulment of the decisions of the European Parliament refusing to grant them their voluntary additional pension, early, at the age of 60 or in part in the form of a lump sum — Errors of law — Infringement of acquired rights — Infringement of the principles of legitimate expectations, legal certainty, equal treatment and proportionality
   
      Operative part of the order
   
   
               1.
            
            
               The appeal is dismissed.
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Lord Inglewood, Mr Georges Berthu, Mr Guy Bono, Mr David Robert Bowe, Mr Brendan Donnelly, Ms Catherine Guy-Quint, Ms Christine Margaret Oddy, Ms Nicole Thomas-Mauro, Mr Gary Titley, Ms Maartje van Putten and Mr Vincenzo Viola are ordered to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 226, 03.08.2013.