Judgment of the General Court of 13 March 2013 - Inglewood and Others v Parliament
(Joined Cases T-229/11 and T 276/11)
(Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament - Additional pension scheme - Decisions rejecting applications seeking to benefit from the provisions in force before the amendment to the additional pension scheme in 2009 - Plea of illegality - Acquired rights - Legitimate expectations - Proportionality - Equal treatment)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicants: Lord Inglewood (Penrith, United Kingdom), and the other 10 applicants whose names are set out in the Annex to the judgment (Case T-229/11); and Marie-Arlette Carlotti (Marseilles, France) (Case T-276/11) (represented by: S. Orlandi, A. Coolen, J.-N. Louis, É. Marchal and D. Abreu Caldas, lawyers)
Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: N. Lorenz, M. Windisch and K. Pocheć, acting as Agents)
Re:
Applications for annulment of the European Parliament's decisions refusing to grant the applicants their voluntary additional pension early, at the age of 60 or in part in the form of a lump sum
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the actions;
Orders Lord Inglewood and the other 10 applicants whose names are set out in the Annex, as well as Ms Marie-Arlette Carlotti, to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 21, 16.7.2011.