Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 – Picard v Commission

(Case T-769/16) ¹

(Civil service – Members of the contract staff – Reform of the Staff Regulations in 2014 – Transitional measures relating to certain methods for calculating pension rights – Change in the rules following the signature of a new contract as a member of the contract staff – Definition of ‘being in service’)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Maxime Picard (Hettange-Grande, France) (represented by: M.-A. Lucas and M. Bertha, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B. Mongin and G. Gattinara, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 270 TFEU seeking annulment, first, of the reply of the manager of the Pensions Sector of the Commission’s Office for Administration and Payment of Individual Entitlements (PMO) of 4 January 2016 and, second, in so far as necessary, the decision of 25 July 2016 of the Director of Directorate E of the Commission’s Directorate-General Human Resources dismissing the applicant’s complaint of 1 April 2016 against the decision or lack of decision resulting from the reply of 4 January 2016.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the action;

Orders Mr Maxime Picard to pay the costs.

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¹ OJ C 14, 16.1.2017.