Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (3rd Chamber) of 25 September 2014 –Julien-Malvy and Others v EEAS

(Case F-100/13) (1)

((Civil service - Remuneration - Staff of the EEAS assigned to a third country - Decision of the appointing authority amending the list of third countries in respect of which the living conditions are equivalent to those normally obtaining in the European Union - Measure of general application - Admissibility of the action - Annual assessment of the allowance for living conditions - Abolition))

(2014/C 395/77)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Bruno Julien-Malvy (Tokyo, Japan) and Others (represented by: T. Bontinck and A. Guillerme, lawyers)

Defendant: European External Action Service (EEAS) (represented by: S. Marquardt and M. Silva, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the decision of the EEAS no longer to grant, as of 1 January 2014, the allowance for living conditions to officials assigned to Argentina, Chile, China (Hong Kong), Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

1.	Dismisses the action;

2.	Declares that Mr Julien-Malvy and the other applicants whose names are set out in the annex shall bear their own costs;

3.	Declares that the European External Action Service shall bear its own costs.

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(1)  OJ C 45, 15/2/2014, p. 46.