Judgment of the General Court of 12 May 2021 – Alba Aguilera and Others v EEAS
(Case T-119/17 RENV)1
(Civil service –Officials –Temporary agents –Contract staff –Remuneration– EEAS staff posted to a third country – Article 10 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations – Annual assessment of allowance for living conditions – Decision on reduction of the allowance for living conditions for staff posted to Ethiopia from 30 to 25% – Regional coherence – Manifest errors of assessment)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicants: Ruben Alba Aguilera (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) and the 27 other applicants whose names are listed in the annex to the judgment (represented by: S. Orlandi, lawyer)
Defendant: European External Action Service (represented by: S. Marquardt and R. Spáč, acting as Agents, and M. Troncoso Ferrer, C. García Fernández and F.-M. Hislaire, lawyers)
Re:
APPICATION under Article 270 TFUE seeking the annulment of the decision of the EEAS of 19 April 2016 ADMIN(2016) 7, fixing the ALC referred to in Article 10 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations –Financial Year 2016, in so far as that decision reduces, as of 1 January 2016, the allowance for living conditions paid to European Union staff posted in Ethiopia.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls the decision of the Director-General for Budget and Administration of the European External Action Service (EEAS) 19 April 2016, fixing the allocation for living conditions referred to in Article 10 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations – Financial Year 2016, in so far as it reduces, as of 1 January 2016, the allowance for living conditions paid to European Union staff posted in Ethiopia.
Orders the EEAS to pay the costs incurred in Cases T-119/17, C-427/18 P and T-119/17 RENV.
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1 OJ C 129, 24.4.2017.