Judgment of the General Court of 15 June 2022 — YV and Others v Commission

(Case T-533/16) (1)

(Civil service - Officials - 2014 reform of the Staff Regulations - Reimbursement of annual travel expenses - Place of origin located in a third country - Flat-rate payment calculated on the basis of the distance separating the place of employment from the capital of the Member State of which the official is a national)

(2022/C 303/42)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicants: YV, YW, YZ (represented by: J.-N. Louis, R. Metz, D. Verbeke, T. Van Lysebeth and N. Maes, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Gattinara and T. Bohr, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: European Parliament (represented by: E. Taneva and M. Ecker, acting as Agents), Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bauer and R. Meyer, acting as Agents)

Re:

Applications under Article 270 TFEU for annulment of the decisions to reduce or discontinue, from 1 January 2014, the reimbursement of annual travel expenses enabling the applicants to maintain a connection with their place of origin.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Dismisses the action;

2.	Orders YV, YW and YZ to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;

3.	Orders the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union each to bear their own costs.

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(1)  OJ C 89, 16.3.2015 (case initially registered before the European Civil Service Tribunal under Case No F-10/15 and transferred to the General Court of the European Union on 1.9.2016).