Action brought on 16 June 2014 — TAO/AFI and SFIE v Parliament and Council

(Case T-456/14)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicants: Association des Fonctionnaires Indépendants pour la Défense de la Fonction Publique Européenne/Association of Independent Officials for the Defence of the European Civil Service (TAO/AFI) (Brussels, Belgium) and Syndicat des Fonctionnaires Internationaux et Européens/Union of International and European Civil Servants (SFIE) (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: M. Casado García-Hirschfeld, lawyer)

Defendants: Council of the European Union and European Parliament

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the Court should:

Declare the present action for annulment before it admissible;

Annul the contested Regulations with all the attendant consequences in law;

Order the defendants to pay the costs in their entirety.

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicants rely on a single plea in law alleging infringement of the prerogatives which they have as trade unions and professional associations, namely the right to consultation and the right of negotiation.

The applicants were not consulted either at the stage of preparation of the proposals or during the stage of the negotiations in respect of the disputed Regulations.