Case C‑366/21 P

Maxime Picard

v

European Commission

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 15 December 2022

(Appeal – Civil service – Members of the contract staff – Pension – Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union – 2014 reform – Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1023/2013 – Annex XIII to those regulations – Second paragraph of Article 21 and second subparagraph of Article 22(1) – Transitional measures relating to the annual rate of accrual of pension rights and retirement age – Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union – Annex – Article 1(1) – Application of those transitional measures by analogy to other staff employed on 31 December 2013 – Signature of new contract as a member of the contract staff – Act adversely affecting an official – Effective judicial protection)

1. Officials – Pensions – Methods of calculation of pension rights – Transitional arrangements of Regulation No 1023/2013 – Application by analogy to other staff employed on 31 December 2013 – Concept of being employed – Signature by a member of the contract staff of a new contract, after that date, substantially altering his or her duties – Included

   (Staff Regulations of Officials, as amended by Regulation No 1023/2013, recital 29 and Art. 83(2), and Annex XIII, Arts 21 and 22; Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, Annex, Art. 1(1))

   (see paragraphs 68-81, 118)

2. Actions brought by officials – Act adversely affecting an official – Meaning – Email from the administration explaining to a member of staff the consequences of a reform of the Staff Regulations on his or her pension rights and retirement age – Included

   (Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 47; Staff Regulations of Officials, as amended by Regulation No 1023/2013, Arts 83(2), 90(2), and 91, and Annex XIII, Arts 21 and 22)

   (see paragraphs 95-97, 106, 107, 112-114)

3. Actions brought by officials – Act adversely affecting an official – Meaning – Preparatory measure – Not included – Limits – Intermediate measure having independent legal effects – Included

   (Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 83(2), 90(2), and 91)

   (see paragraphs 108-111)

See the text of the decision.