Judgment of the General Court of 9 June 2021 — FJ and Others v EEAS

(Case T-698/19) (1)

(Civil service - Officials - Remuneration - EEAS staff posted to a third country - Update of the correction coefficients - Manifest error of assessment - Retroactive effect - Legal certainty - Duty to have regard for the welfare of officials)

(2021/C 297/45)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicants: FJ and the 8 other applicants whose names appear in the annex to the judgment (represented by: J.-N. Louis, lawyer)

Defendant: European External Action Service (represented by: S. Marquardt and R. Spáč, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 270 TFEU for annulment of the decision drawing up the applicants’ salary slip for December 2018 to the extent that it applied, for the first time, new correction coefficients applicable to their remuneration, with retroactive effect from 1 February 2018.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Dismisses the action;

2.	Orders FJ and the other applicants whose names appear in the annex to pay the costs.

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(1)  OJ C 406, 2.12.2019.