Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 12 December 2019 — Steifer v EESC
(Case C‑727/19 P)
(Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Civil service — Official — Pensions — Pension rights acquired before entering the service of the European Union — Transfer to the EU scheme — Additional years of pensionable service — Reimbursement of the amount of pension rights not taken into account in the scheme for calculating years of European Union pensionable service — Material new facts)
1. Appeal — Grounds — Mere repetition of the pleas and arguments put forward before the General Court — Inadmissibility
(Art. 256 TFEU; Statue of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 168(1)(d))
(see para. 4)
2. Appeal — Grounds — Challenge to the contested decision before the General Court and not the judgment it delivered — Inadmissibility
(Art. 256 TFEU; Statue of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 168(1)(b))
(see para. 4)
3. Actions brought by officials — Prior administrative complaint — Time limits — Mandatory — Claim barred by lapse of time — Reopening — Condition — New and material fact — Meaning
(Statute of Officials, Arts 90 and 91)
(see para. 4)
4. Appeal — Grounds — Mistaken assessment of the facts — Inadmissibility — Review by the Court of the findings of fact — Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted
(Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statue of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)
(see para. 4)
Operative part
1. | | The appeal is dismissed as being manifestly unfounded. |
2. | | Mr Guy Steifer is to bear his own costs. |