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Case T-439/09: Judgment of the General Court of 18 October 2011 — Purvis v Parliament (Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament — Additional pension scheme — Refusal to grant a voluntary additional pension in part in the form of a lump sum — Plea of illegality — Acquired rights — Legitimate expectations — Proportionality)

OJ C 347, 26.11.2011, p. 28–29 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

26.11.2011   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 347/28


Judgment of the General Court of 18 October 2011 — Purvis v Parliament

(Case T-439/09) (1)

(Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament - Additional pension scheme - Refusal to grant a voluntary additional pension in part in the form of a lump sum - Plea of illegality - Acquired rights - Legitimate expectations - Proportionality)

2011/C 347/44

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: John Robert Purvis (Saint Andrews, United Kingdom) (represented by: S. Orlandi, A. Coolen, J.-N. Louis and É. Marchal, lawyers)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: initially, H. Krück, A. Pospíšilová Padowska and G. Corstens and subsequently, N. Lorenz, A. Pospíšilová Padowska and G. Corstens, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the European Parliament’s decision of 7 August 2009, which refused to grant the applicant his voluntary additional pension in part in the form of a lump sum

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

dismisses the action;

2.

orders John Robert Purvis to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 11, 16.1.2010.


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