CELEX: C2003/184/87
Language: en
Date: 2003-08-02 00:00:00
Title: Case T-166/03: Action brought on 12 May 2003 by Stefanos Alexiou and Others against the European Parliament

2.8.2003               EN                          Official Journal of the European Union                                           C 184/39
Action brought on 12 May 2003 by Stefanos Alexiou and                      The pleas in law and main arguments put forward by the
            Others against the European Parliament                         applicants in support of their application are similar to those
                                                                           of the applicants in Cases T-221/02 (1) and T-44/03 (2).
                          (Case T-166/03)
                                                                           (1) OJ C 247 12.10.02, p. 17.
                                                                           (2) OJ C 101 26.04.03, p. 40.
                          (2003/C 184/87)
                    (Language of the case: French)
An action against the European Parliament was brought before               Action brought on 13 May 2003 by Angeliki Beazoglou-
the Court of First Instance of the European Communities on                     Varvagiannis and Others against European Parliament
12 May 2003 by Stefanos Alexiou, residing in Luxembourg,
and 7 other officials, represented by G. Bounéou, lawyer, with
an address for service in Luxembourg.                                                                 (Case T-167/03)
The applicants claim that the Court should:                                                          (2003/C 184/88)
—     annul the decision of the competent hierarchical authority                                (Language of the case: French)
      changing, with effect from a year not further specified
      (1993, 1996, 1997, or another year, and for the period
      during which the applicants were officials of the
      European Parliament), the procedure for calculating the              An action against the European Parliament was brought before
      annual expense of travelling to Greece in respect of the             the Court of First Instance of the European Communities on
      journey via Brindisi, as taken into consideration for the            13 May 2003 by Angeliki Beazoglou-Varvagiannis, residing in
      Greek islands, when travel must be through Athens or                 Uebersyren (Luxembourg) and three other officials, represented
      Piraeus;                                                             by Gilles Bounéou, lawyer, with an address for service in
                                                                           Luxembourg.
      or, in the alternative,
                                                                           The applicant claims that the Court should:
—     annul the decision of the competent hierarchical authority
      to reimburse, with effect from a year not further specified          —     annul the decision of the competent hierarchical authority
      (1993, 1996, 1997, or another year, and for the period                     changing, from an unspecified year (1993, 1996, 1997 or
      during which the applicants were officials of the                          another year but, in any event, the period during which
      European Parliament), the cost of the sea passage from                     the applicants were officials of the European Parliament),
      Brindisi to various Greek frontier points (Corfu, Igoume-                  the procedure used for the calculation of annual expense
      nitsa, Patras) on the basis of an ‘aircraft type seat’ ticket;             of travelling to Greece in respect of the route via Brindisi
                                                                                 taken into consideration for destinations to the Greater
                                                                                 Athens area;
—     annul all the applicants' pay slips implementing the
      decisions annulment of which is sought;
                                                                                 alternatively:
—     reimburse to the applicants all the amounts not paid                 —     annul the decision of the competent hierarchical authority
      following implementation of the decisions annulment of                     to reimburse, from an unspecified year (1993, 1996, 1997
      which is sought, together with legal interest;                             or the period during which the applicants were officials
                                                                                 of the European Parliament), the cost of sea passage from
—     make the appropriate ruling as to costs and order the                      Brindisi to various Greek frontier posts (Corfu, Igoume-
      Parliament to pay those costs.                                             nitsa, Patras) on the basis of an ‘aircraft type seat’ ticket;
                                                                           —     annul all the applicants' reimbursement statements imple-
                                                                                 menting the decisions whose annulment is sought;
                                                                           —     pay the applicants the entire amount not received as a
Pleas in law and main arguments                                                  result of the implementation of the decisions whose
                                                                                 annulment is sought, together with interest at the legal
                                                                                 rate;
The applicants in this case seek the annulment of the Parlia-
ment's decision changing the method of calculating annual                  —     order the Parliament to pay the costs, expenses and fees
travel expenses to Greece.                                                       incurred.