Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 27 January 2022 – FT and Others v Commission

(Case C‑518/21 P)

(Appeal – Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Civil service – Officials and Agents – Remuneration – European Commission staff assigned to a third country – Update of the correction coefficients applicable to their remuneration – Manifest errors of assessment – Retroactive effect – Recovery of undue payments – Appeal manifestly inadmissible)

1.      Appeals – Grounds – Mere repetition of the pleas and arguments put forward before the General Court – Error of law relied on not identified – Inadmissibility

(Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 168(1)(d) and 169(2))

(see paras 4 [7, 8, 11], 5)

2.      Judicial proceedings – Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements – Summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based – Abstract statement – Inadmissibility

(Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 21; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 169)

(see paras 4 [9], 5)

3.      Appeals – Grounds – Incorrect assessment of the facts and evidence – Inadmissibility – Review by the Court of the assessment of the facts and evidence – Possible only where the facts or evidence have been distorted

(Art. 256(1), second para., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 168(1)(d))

(see paras 4 [12, 13], 5)

4.      Appeals – Grounds – Plea raised for the first time in the context of the appeal – Inadmissibility

(Art. 256(1), second para., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 170(1))

(see paras 4 [14-16], 5)

Operative part

1. The appeal is dismissed as inadmissible.

2. FT, FU, FV, FY, FZ, GA, GB, GC, GD, GG, GE, GF, GH, GI, GJ, GK, GL, GM, GN, GO, GP, GQ, GR, GS, GT and GU shall bear their own costs.