Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — U4U and Others v Parliament and Council
(Case T-17/14) 1
(Special and exceptional provisions applicable to officials serving in a third country — Career of officials with the grade of administrator — Amendment of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union — Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1023/2013 — Irregularities during the procedure for adopting the measures — Failure to consult the Staff Regulations Committee and the trade unions)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicants: Union pour l’Unité (U4U) (Brussels, Belgium), Unité & Solidarité — Hors Union (USHU) (Brussels), Regroupement Syndical (RS) (St Josse ten Noode, Belgium) and Georges Vlandas (Brussels) (represented by: F. Krenc, lawyer)
Defendants: European Parliament (represented by: A. Troupiotis and E. Taneva, acting as Agents) and Council of the European Union (represented initially by: M. Bauer and A. Bisch, and subsequently by M. Bauer, M. Veiga and J. Herrmann, acting as Agents)
Intervener in support of the defendants: European Commission (represented initially by: J. Currall and G. Gattinara, and subsequently by G. Gattinara and F. Simonetti, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application based on Article 263 TFEU and asking for annulment of Article 1(27), (61), (70) and (73)(k) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1023/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 amending the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union (OJ 2013 L 287, p. 15), in so far as those provisions amend Article 45 and annexes I, X and XIII of those regulations, annexed to Regulation No 31 (EEC)/11(EAEC) laying down the Staff Regulations and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ 1962 45, p. 1385).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Union pour l’Unité (U4U), Unité & solidarité — Hors Union (USHU), Regroupement Syndical (RS) and Mr Georges Vlandas to pay the costs;
Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.
____________1 OJ C 112, 14.4.2014.