TAO-AFI and SFIE-PE v Parliament and Council (Judgment) French Text [2016] EUECJ T-456/14 (15 September 2016)

TAO-AFI and SFIE-PE v Parliament and Council (Judgment) French Text [2016] EUECJ T-456/14 (15 September 2016)

The Tribunal held that the applicants lacked standing to seek annulment of the contested regulations because the acts were legislative measures of general application and the applicants were not directly and individually concerned as required by Article 263(4) TFEU. The Tribunal further found that the relevant...

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Citation
[2016] EUECJ T-456/14
Parties
Applicant: Association des fonctionnaires indépendants pour la défense de la fonction publique européenne (TAO-AFI); Applicant: Syndicat des fonctionnaires internationaux et européens – Section du Parlement européen (SFIE-PE); Respondent: Parlement européen; Respondent: Conseil de l’Union européenne; Intervener: Commission européenne
Jurisdiction
European Union
Procedural Posture
Annulment Action (recours En Annulation) / Final Judgment
Outcome
Action dismissed as inadmissible for lack of standing.
Legal Topics
Annual Adjustment of EU Officials' Remuneration and Pensions, Procedural Rights of Staff Unions, Legislative Procedure Under Article 336 TFEU, Standing of Staff Associations, Consultation and Information Rights
EU Administrative Law Labour Law Institutional Law Annual Adjustment of EU Officials' Remuneration and Pensions Procedural Rights of Staff Unions Legislative Procedure Under Article 336 TFEU Standing of Staff Associations Consultation and Information Rights

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Parties

Association des fonctionnaires indépendants pour la défense de la fonction publique européenne (TAO-AFI)

Applicant

Syndicat des fonctionnaires internationaux et européens – Section du Parlement européen (SFIE-PE)

Applicant

Parlement européen

Respondent

Conseil de l’Union européenne

Respondent

Commission européenne

Intervener

Procedural Posture

Annulment Action (recours En Annulation) / Final Judgment

  1. 1 Whether the applicants have standing to seek annulment of the contested regulations under Article 263 TFEU
  2. 2 Whether the Parliament and Council violated procedural rights of staff unions in adopting the regulations adjusting remuneration and pensions for 2011 and 2012
  3. 3 Whether the relevant EU legal instruments confer procedural rights to the applicant unions in this context

Ratio Decidendi

The Tribunal held that the applicants lacked standing to seek annulment of the contested regulations because the acts were legislative measures of general application and the applicants were not directly and individually concerned as required by Article 263(4) TFEU. The Tribunal further found that the relevant provisions of the Staff Regulations, Directive 2002/14/EC, and the Charter did not confer procedural rights on the applicant unions in the context of the annual adjustment of remuneration and pensions. Consequently, the action was declared inadmissible.

Court Disposition

Action dismissed as inadmissible for lack of standing.

Orders

  • Application for annulment dismissed as inadmissible.
  • Applicants ordered to pay costs.