CELEX: 62011TA0229
Language: en
Date: 2013-03-13 00:00:00
Title: Joined Cases T-229/11 and T-276/11: Judgment of the General Court of 13 March 2013 — Inglewood and Others v Parliament (Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament — Additional pension scheme — Decisions rejecting applications seeking to benefit from the provisions in force before the amendment to the additional pension scheme in 2009 — Plea of illegality — Acquired rights — Legitimate expectations — Proportionality — Equal treatment)

27.4.2013   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 123/16
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 13 March 2013 — Inglewood and Others v Parliament
   (Joined Cases T-229/11 and T-276/11) (1)
   
   (Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament - Additional pension scheme - Decisions rejecting applications seeking to benefit from the provisions in force before the amendment to the additional pension scheme in 2009 - Plea of illegality - Acquired rights - Legitimate expectations - Proportionality - Equal treatment)
   2013/C 123/27
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicants: Lord Inglewood (Penrith, United Kingdom), and the other 10 applicants whose names are set out in the Annex to the judgment (Case T-229/11); and Marie-Arlette Carlotti (Marseilles, France) (Case T-276/11) (represented by: S. Orlandi, A. Coolen, J.-N. Louis, É. Marchal and D. Abreu Caldas, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: N. Lorenz, M. Windisch and K. Pocheć, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Applications for annulment of the European Parliament’s decisions refusing to grant the applicants their voluntary additional pension early, at the age of 60 or in part in the form of a lump sum
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the actions;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Lord Inglewood and the other 10 applicants whose names are set out in the Annex, as well as Ms Marie-Arlette Carlotti, to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 211, 16.7.2011.