Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2023:233
Date: 2023-05-03
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: Provisions governing the Institutions
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment - successful

Summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based (Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 21, first para. and 53, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 76(d)) (see paragraph 42) 3. European Parliament – Members – Independence – Scope (Arts 2 and 10(1) and (2) TEU) (see paragraphs 48, 49) 4. European Parliament – Members – Payment of expenses and allowances – Recovery of sums unduly paid – Decision of the Secretary General of the Parliament – Undermining of the independence of the Member concerned –None (Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament concerning implementing measures for the Statute of Members of the European Parliament, Art. 68) (see paragraphs 52, 53, 55) 5. Acts of the institutions – Statement of reasons – Obligation – Scope – Decision of the Parliament ordering the recovery of a sum unduly paid by way of parliamentary assistance (Art. 296, second para., TFEU) (see paragraphs 66, 67) Operative part The Court: 1. Annuls the decision of the Secretary-General of the European Parliament of 21 December 2020 concerning the recovery from SN of a sum of EUR 196 199.84 unduly paid by way of parliamentary assistance and the corresponding debit note of 15 January 2021, in so far as they concern sums paid for May, July and November 2016, June 2017 and March, April and November 2018; 2. Dismisses the action as to the remainder; 3. Orders SN and the Parliament to bear their own costs, including those relating to the proceedings for interim measures. 1 OJ C 278, 12.7.2021.