Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — TAO-AFI and SFIE-PE v Parliament and Council
(Case T-456/14) 1
(Remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Union — Annual adjustment — Regulation (EU) No 422/2014 and Regulation (EU) No 423/2014 — Irregularities during the procedure for adopting the measures — Failure to consult trade unions)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Association des fonctionnaires indépendants pour la défense de la fonction publique européenne (TAO-AFI) (Brussels, Belgium) and Syndicat des fonctionnaires internationaux et européens — Section du Parlement européen (SFIE-PE) (Brussels) (represented by: M. Casado García-Hirschfeld and J. Vanden Eynde, lawyers)
Defendants: European Parliament (represented by: A. Troupiotis and E. Taneva, acting as Agents) and Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bauer and E. Rebasti, acting as Agents)
Intervener in support of the defendants: European Commission (represented by: initially J. Currall and G. Gattinara, then G. Gattinara and F. Simonetti, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application based on Article 263 TFEU and asking for annulment of Regulations (EU) Nos 422/2014 and 423/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 adjusting with effect from 1 July 2011 and from 1 July 2012 the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Union and the correction coefficients applied thereto (OJ 2014 L 129, respectively, p. 5 and p. 12)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Association des fonctionnaires indépendants pour la défense de la fonction publique européenne (TAO-AFI) and Syndicat des fonctionnaires internationaux et européens — Section du Parlement européen (SFIE-PE) to pay the costs;
Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.
____________1 OJ C 261, 11.8.2014.