Judgment of the General Court of 17 May 2023 — Chambers and Others v Commission

(Case T-177/22) (1)

(Civil service - Members of the temporary staff - Members of the contract staff - Reimbursement of expenses - Travel expenses - Consequences of the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union - Place of origin located in a third country - Withdrawal of entitlement to annual flat-rate payment for travel expenses - Error of assessment - Equal treatment)

(2023/C 235/47)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicants: Alexander Chambers (Barcelona, Spain), and the nine other applicants whose names are listed in the annex to the judgment (represented by: N. de Montigny, lawyer)

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

Re:

By their action under Article 270 TFEU, the applicants seek the annulment of their pay slips for June 2021, in so far as those pay slips support a finding that, following the departure of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union (or ‘Brexit’), they were no longer eligible for the annual flat-rate payment corresponding to the cost of travel from the place of employment to the place of origin.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Dismisses the action;

2.	Orders Mr Alexander Chambers and the other applicants whose names are listed in the annex to pay the costs.

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(1)  OJ C 222, 7.6.2022.