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Document 62018TJ0632
Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 10 October 2019.
ZM and Others v Council of the European Union.
Civil service — Officials — Members of the temporary staff — Remuneration — Family allowances — Education allowance — Refusal to reimburse education costs — Article 3(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations.
Case T-632/18.
Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 10 October 2019.
ZM and Others v Council of the European Union.
Civil service — Officials — Members of the temporary staff — Remuneration — Family allowances — Education allowance — Refusal to reimburse education costs — Article 3(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations.
Case T-632/18.
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2019:732
Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 10 October 2019 –
ZM and Others v Council
(Case T‑632/18)
(Civil service — Officials — Members of the temporary staff — Remuneration — Family allowances — Education allowance — Refusal to reimburse education costs — Article 3(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations)
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Officials — Remuneration — Family allowances — Education allowance — Education costs — Meaning — Contributions paid to non-profit associations for the participation of children in a specific programme and non-subsidised education — Not included (Staff Regulations of Officials, Annex VII, Art. 3(1)) (see paras 34, 35, 38, 46, 48) |
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Judicial proceedings — Application initiating proceedings — Formal requirements — Brief summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based — Similar requirements for submissions made in support of a plea — Imprecise formulation of a claim — Inadmissibility (Statute of the Court of Justice, Article 21; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 76(d)) (see para. 49) |
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Officials — Principles — Protection of legitimate expectations — Conditions (see paras 50-52) |
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EU law — Principles — Duty to act within a reasonable time — Infringement in an administrative procedure — Effects (Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art 41(1)) (see paras 53, 54) |
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EU law — Principles — Legal certainty — EU rules — Requirements of clarity and precision (Staff Regulations of Officials, Annex VII, Art. 3(1)) (see para. 57) |
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Officials — Remuneration — Family allowances — Education allowance — Education costs — No obligation for the EU to provide entirely free compulsory education (Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art 14; Staff Regulations of Officials, Annex VII, Art. 3(1)) (see paras 63-68) |
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EU law — Principles — Equal treatment — Meaning — Limits (see para. 76) |
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EU law — Principles — Proportionality — Scope (see para. 84) |
Re:
Action under Article 270 TFEU seeking annulment of the Council’s decisions not to reimburse the applicants, in respect of the school year 2017/2018, for the education costs notified by means of an individual decision or via Sysper/Ariane, the internal IT system.
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders ZM, ZN and ZO to pay the costs; |
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Orders the European Parliament to bear its own costs. |