Action brought on 4 October 2013 – ZZ a. o. v EEAS

(Case F-100/13)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicants: ZZ and others (represented by: T. Bontinck and A. Guillerme, lawyers)

Defendant: European External Action Service

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the EEAS’s decision not to pay, from 1 January 2014, to officials assigned to Argentina, Chile, China (Hong Kong), Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan the allowance for living conditions anymore.

Form of order sought

Annul the decision MDR/C6/(2012) of the EEAS dated 19 December 2012 by which the AIPN has decided to eliminate the living conditions allowance for staff members based in the EU Delegations and Offices to Argentina, China (Hong Kong) Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan;

as a consequence, order payment of the living conditions allowances at a 15% rate from 1 January 2014;

order the defendant to pay the costs.