Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 25 March 2021 – Maria Álvarez y Bejarano and Others v European Commission, Council of the European Union, European Parliament
(Joined Cases C-517/19 P and C-518/19 P) 1
(Appeal – Civil service – Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union – Reform of the Staff Regulations – Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1023/2013 – New provisions relating to the annual reimbursement of travel expenses and the granting of travelling time – Link with expatriate status – Plea of illegality – Principles of equal treatment and of proportionality – Intensity of the judicial review)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Appellants: Bejarano, María Álvarez y Bejarano, Ana-Maria Enescu, Lucian Micu, Angelica Livia Salanta, Svetla Shulga, Soldimar Urena de Poznanski, Angela Vakalis, Luz Anamaria Chu, Marli Bertolete, María Castro Capcha, Hassan Orfe El, Evelyne Vandevoorde (C-517/19 P), Jakov Ardalic, Liliana Bicanova, Monica Brunetto, Claudia Istoc, Sylvie Jamet, Despina Kanellou, Christian Stouraitis, Abdelhamid Azbair, Abdel Bouzanih, Bob Kitenge Ya Musenga, El Miloud Sadiki, Cam Tran Thi (C-518/19 P) (represented by: S. Orlandi and T. Martin, lawyers)
Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (C-517/19 P) (represented by: G. Gattinara and B. Mongin, acting as Agents), Council of the European Union (C-518/19 P) (represented by: M. Bauer and R. Meyer, acting as Agents), European Parliament (represented by: C. González Argüelles and E. Taneva, acting as Agents)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the appeals in Cases C-517/19 P and C-518/19 P;
2. Orders Ms Maria Álvarez y Bejarano, Ms Ana-Maria Enescu, Ms Angelica Livia Salanta, Ms Svetla Shulga, Ms Soldimar Urena de Poznanski, Ms Angela Vakalis, Ms Luz Anamaria Chu, Ms Marli Bertolete, Ms Maria Castro Capcha, Ms Evelyne Vandevoorde, Mr Lucian Micu and Mr Hassan Orfe El to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission, relating to the appeal in Case C-517/19 P;
3. Orders Mr Jakov Ardalic, Mr Christian Stouraitis, Mr Abdelhamid Mr Azbair, Mr Abdel Bouzanih, Mr Bob Kitenge Ya Musenga, Mr El Miloud Sadiki, Mr Cam Tran Thi, Ms Liliana Bicanova, Ms Monica Brunetto, Ms Claudia Istoc, Ms Sylvie Jamet and Ms Despina Kanellou to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union, relating to the appeal in Case C-518/19 P;
4. Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs, relating to the appeal in Case C-517/19 P;
5. Orders the European Parliament to bear its own costs, relating to the appeals in Cases C-517/19 P and C-518/19 P.
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1 OJ C 357, 21.10.2019.