Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2021 – Arnaoutakis and Others v Parliament

(Case T-240/20 to T-245/20) ¹

(Law governing the institutions – Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament – Amendment of the voluntary additional pension scheme – Refusal to grant a voluntary additional pension – Plea of illegality – Competence of the Bureau of the Parliament – Rights acquired and future entitlements – Proportionality – Equal treatment – Legal certainty)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicants: Stavros Arnaoutakis (Heraklion, Greece) and the five other applicants whose names appear in the annex to the judgment (represented by: A. Schmitt and A. Grosjean, lawyers)

Defendants: European Parliament (represented by: N. Görlitz, M. Ecker and S. Seyr, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of the Parliament’s decision rejecting the application made by the applicants to be granted a voluntary additional pension in accordance with the Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 10 December 2018 amending the Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament (OJ 2018 C 466, p. 8) on the ground that they have not reached the required age of 65.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Joins Cases T-240/20 to T-245/20 for the purpose of the judgment;

Dismisses the actions;

Orders Mr Stavros Arnaoutakis and the other applicants whose names appear in the annex to pay the costs.

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¹ OJ C 215, 29.6.2020.