CJEU Joined Cases C-517/19 P and C-518/19 P / Judgment

Key facts of the case: 

Appeal – Civil service – Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union – Reform of the Staff Regulations – Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1023/2013 – New provisions on the reimbursement of annual travel expenses and the grant of travelling time – Link with expatriate or foreign resident status – Plea of illegality – Principles of equal treatment and proportionality – Intensity of judicial review.

Outcome of the case:

On those grounds, the Court (Third Chamber) hereby:

1. Dismisses the appeals in Cases C‑517/19 P and C‑518/19 P;
2. Orders Ms María Álvarez y Bejarano, Ms Ana-Maria Enescu, Ms Angelica Livia Salanta, Ms Svetla Shulga, Ms Soldimar Urena de Poznanski, Ms Angela Vakalis, Ms Luz Anamaria Chu, Ms Marli Bertolete, Ms María Castro Capcha, Ms Evelyne Vandevoorde, Mr Lucian Micu and Mr Hassan Orfe El to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission in connection with the appeal in Case C‑517/19 P;
3. Orders Mr Jakov Ardalic, Mr Christian Stouraitis, Mr Abdelhamid Azbair, Mr Abdel Bouzanih, Mr Bob Kitenge Ya Musenga, Mr El Miloud Sadiki, Mr Cam Tran Thi, Ms Liliana Bicanova, Ms Monica Brunetto, Ms Claudia Istoc, Ms Sylvie Jamet and Ms Despina Kanellou to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union in connection with the appeal in Case C‑518/19 P;
4. Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs in connection with the appeal in Case C‑517/19 P;
5. Orders the European Parliament to bear its own costs in connection with the appeals in Cases C‑517/19 P and C‑518/19 P.