CELEX: 62018TA0310
Language: en
Date: 2019-10-24 00:00:00
Title: Case T-310/18: Judgment of the General Court of 24 October 2019 –EPSU and Goudriaan v Commission (Social policy — Dialogue between the social partners at EU level — Agreement entitled ‘General framework for informing and consulting civil servants and employees of central government administrations’ — Joint request of the signatory parties seeking the implementation of that agreement at EU level — Refusal by the Commission to submit a proposal for a decision to the Council — Action for annulment — Challengeable act — Admissibility — Commission’s discretion — Autonomy of the social partners — Principle of subsidiarity — Proportionality)

23.12.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 432/41
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 24 October 2019 –EPSU and Goudriaan v Commission
      (Case T-310/18) (1)
      
      (Social policy - Dialogue between the social partners at EU level - Agreement entitled ‘General framework for informing and consulting civil servants and employees of central government administrations’ - Joint request of the signatory parties seeking the implementation of that agreement at EU level - Refusal by the Commission to submit a proposal for a decision to the Council - Action for annulment - Challengeable act - Admissibility - Commission’s discretion - Autonomy of the social partners - Principle of subsidiarity - Proportionality)
      (2019/C 432/46)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicants: European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) (Brussels (Belgium) and Jan Goudriaan (Brussels) (represented by: R. Arthur, Solicitor, and by R. Palmer and K. Apps, Barristers)
      
         Defendant: European Commission (represented by: I. Martínez del Peral, M. van Beek and M. Kellerbauer, Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Application pursuant to Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of the Commission’s decision of 5 March 2018 refusing to submit to the Council of the European Union a proposal for a decision to implement the agreement entitled ‘General framework for informing and consulting civil servants and employees of central government administrations’, signed by the Trade Unions’ National and European Administration Delegation (TUNED) and European Public Administration Employers (EUPAE) on 21 December 2015.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
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                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
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                     Orders the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) and Jan Goudriaan, and the European Commission to each bear their own costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 259, 23.7.2018.