Action brought on 21 January 2015 — ZZ and Others v Commission

(Case F-7/15)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicants: ZZ and Others (represented by: L. Levi and A. Blot, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

The annulment of decisions establishing the rights of the applicants with regard to reimbursement of their annual travel expenses pursuant to Article 8 of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations, as amended by Regulation No 1023/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 amending the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union as well as the decisions to be adopted annually from 2015 and the rejection of an application for an order that the Commission reimburse their actual expenses in respect of annual travel to their place of origin, calculated on the basis of the aforementioned provision, as applied prior to the entry into force of the amended Staff Regulations in 2014.

Forms of order sought

The applicant claims that the Tribunal should:

Annul the decisions establishing the rights of the applicants with regard to their annual travel under Article 8 of Annex VII to the EU Staff Regulations, as in force from 1 January 2015, since that decision was disclosed for the first time in their pay slips for June 2014, issued on 12 June 2014 ;

Annul any other decision to be adopted annually, from 2015, under that provision;

Annul, as appropriate, the decision of 15 October 2014 rejecting their claim;

Order the defendant to reimburse the applicants’ expenses in respect of their annual travel to their place of origin covering their actual expenses and on the basis of the aforementioned provision, as applied prior to the entry into force of the new Staff Regulations in 2014, that amount being increased by default interest as from 12 June 2014, at the rate set by the European Central Bank for its main refinancing operations as applicable during the period in question, increased by three percentage points, until the day of payment of the sum so due;

Order the defendant to pay the entire costs.