1. 

Officials – Remuneration – Transitional rules applicable after the entry into force of Regulation No 723/2004 – Promotion obtained after 1 May 2004 by an official recruited before that date – Application of a multiplication factor – Purpose and functioning of the multiplication factor

(Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 44 and Annex XIII, Arts 2(2) and 7(1), (2), (6) and (7); Council Regulation No 723/2004)

(see paras 38-47)

2. 

Officials – Remuneration – Transitional rules applicable after the entry into force of Regulation No 723/2004 – Promotion obtained after 1 May 2004 by an official recruited before that date – Determination of multiplication factor – Increase in the multiplication factor occurring at the same time as a promotion – Not permissible – Increase in the multiplication factor equivalent to advancement in step – No infringement of the principle of the protection of acquired rights

(Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 46 and Annex XIII, Art. 7(7); Council Regulation No 723/2004)

(see paras 50-53, 57)

3. 

Officials – Staff Regulations – Regulation No 723/2004 amending the Staff Regulations – Transitional regime – Administration’s discretion – Scope – Autonomy of the institutions

(Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 110; Council Regulation No 723/2004, recital 37)

(see para. 64)

4. 

Officials – Equal treatment – Promotion under Article 29 and Article 45 of the Staff Regulations – Non-comparable situations

(Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 29 and 45)

(see paras 70-73)

5. 

Officials – Principles – Protection of legitimate expectations – Conditions – Specific assurances given by the authorities

(see paras 79, 80)

6. 

Judicial proceedings – Measures of organisation of procedure – Measures of inquiry – Discretion of the EU Courts

(Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Arts 90 and 92)

(see para. 85)

1. 

Dismisses the action;

2. 

Orders CU and the Committee of the Regions to bear their own costs;

3. 

Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.