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

Maria Alvarez y Bejarano and Others v European Commission
Policy area
Employment and social policy
Deciding body type
Court of Justice of the European Union
Deciding body
Court (Third Chamber)
Type
Decision
Decision date
25/03/2021
ECLI (European case law identifier)
ECLI:EU:C:2021:240
  • 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.
  • Paragraphs referring to EU Charter

    51) One of those requirements is the principle of equal treatment, enshrined in Article 20 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (see, to that effect, judgments of 22 December 2008, Centeno Mediavilla and Others v Commission, C‑443/07 PEU:C:2008:767, paragraph 78, and of 4 March 2010, Angé Serrano and Others v Parliament, C‑496/08 PEU:C:2010:116, paragraph 100).