Detalmo PirziC-Biroli v Commission of the European Communities. [1989] EUECJ C-80/79 (13 July 1989)
Employment with the EAC does not confer the status of official or servant of the Communities, and such periods cannot be counted for the purpose of calculating pension rights under the Staff Regulations.
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- Citation
- [1989] EUECJ C-80/79
- Parties
- Applicant: Detalmo Pirzio-Biroli; Defendant: Commission of the European Communities
- Jurisdiction
- European Union
- Procedural Posture
- Joined Cases (c 80/79 and C 205/81) / Judgment
- Outcome
- Applications dismissed
- Legal Topics
- Status of Officials, Pension Rights, Recognition of Service, Staff Regulations
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Parties
Detalmo Pirzio-Biroli
Applicant
Commission of the European Communities
Defendant
Procedural Posture
Joined Cases (c 80/79 and C 205/81) / Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether employment with the European Association for Cooperation (EAC) qualifies as service as an official or servant of the European Communities for pension calculation purposes.
Ratio Decidendi
Employment with the EAC does not confer the status of official or servant of the Communities, and such periods cannot be counted for the purpose of calculating pension rights under the Staff Regulations.
Court Disposition
Applications dismissed
Orders
- Applications dismissed
- Each party to bear its own costs
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[ Home ] [ Databases ] [ World Law ] [ Multidatabase Search ] [ Help ] [ Feedback ] [ DONATE ] Court of Justice of the European Communities (including Court of First Instance Decisions) You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> Court of Justice of the European Communities (including Court of First Instance Decisions) >> Detalmo PirziC-Biroli v Commission of the European Communities. [1989] EUECJ C-80/79 (13 July 1989) URL: https://www.bailii.org/eu/cases/EUECJ/1989/C8079.html Cite as: [1989] EUECJ C-80/79 [ New search ] [ Help ] IMPORTANT LEGAL NOTICE - The source of this judgment is the web site of the Court of Justice of the European Communities . The information in this database has been provided free of charge and is subject to a Court of Justice of the European Communities disclaimer and a copyright notice . This electronic version is not authentic and is subject to amendment. 61979J0080 Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 13 July 1989. Detalmo Pirzio-Biroli v Commission of the European Communities. Officials - Employee of the European Association for Cooperation (EAC) - Recognition of their status as officials of the Commission with effect from the date on which they were engaged by the EAC. Joined cases 80/79 and 205/81. European Court reports 1989 Page 02441 Pub. RJ Page Pub somm ++++ Officials - Status of official - Conditions for acquiring not fulfilled - Calculation of length of service of an official in regard to the Community pensions scheme - Taking into account of period of employment prior to taking up duties - Excluded The status of official or servant of the Communities cannot be accorded to the staff of the European Association for Cooperation, an international association which is governed by the law of a Member State and which cannot, whatever may be its relations with the Commission, be assimilated to an administrative unit of the Commission ( see judgment of 11 July 1985 in Joined Cases 87, 130/77, 22/83, 9 and 10/84 Salerno v Commission and Council (( 1985 )) ECR 2523 ). As a result the Commission cannot be required to take account, for the purpose of calculating the length of service of its officials with a view to determining their pension rights under the Staff Regulations, of periods completed by them in a post with the aforesaid association prior to their taking up their duties with the Communities . In Joined Cases 80/79 and 205/81 Mr Detalmo Pirzio-Biroli, a former official of the Commission of the European Communities, residing at 15 Via di Montori, Rome ( Italy ), represented by Marcel Slusny, of the Brussels Bar, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the Chambers of Ernest Arendt, 4 avenue Marie-Thérèse, applicant, v Commission of the European Communities, represented by A . Van Solinge, a member of its Legal Department, acting as Agent, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the office of Georgios Kremlis, a member of the Commission' s Legal Department, Wagner Centre, Kirchberg, defendant, APPLICATION for a declaration recognizing, for the purposes of the calculation of the applicant' s pension, that the applicant' s status was that of an official or member of the temporary staff whilst he was employed by the European Association for Cooperation, THE COURT ( Fourth Chamber ), composed of : T . Koopmans, President of the Chamber, C . N . Kakouris and M . Díez de Velasco, Judges, ( the grounds of the judgment are not reproduced ) hereby : ( 1 ) Dismisses the applications; ( 2 ) Orders the parties to bear their own costs . © European Communities, 2001 All rights reserved BAILII: Copyright Policy | Disclaimers | Privacy Policy | Feedback | Donate to BAILII URL: https://www.bailii.org/eu/cases/EUECJ/1989/C8079.html