Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2019:507
Date: 2019-07-11
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: Provisions governing the Institutions
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment - inadmissible
Origin: France

summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based — Pleas in support of the objection of illegality not set out in the application — Plea inadmissible (Arts 263 and 277 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 76(d)) (see para. 67) 5. European Parliament — Members — Payment of expenses and allowances — Recovery of sums unduly paid — Reference in the decision of the Parliament to an opinion of the Legal Service — Possibility for the member concerned to have access to that opinion subject to applying for access pursuant to Regulation No 1049/2001 (European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1049/2001; Decision of the Bureau concerning implementing measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament) (see para. 73) 6. European Parliament — Rules on costs and indemnities of MEPs — Recovery of sums unduly paid — No obligation to hear the Member concerned before adopting a decision (Decision of the Bureau concerning implementing measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament, Art. 68(2)) (see para. 77) Re: Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of the decision of the Secretary-General of the Parliament of 1 July 2016 concerning the recovery of a sum of EUR 275 984.23 unduly paid as parliamentary assistance allowance, the debit note of 5 July 2016 relating thereto, and the decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 23 October 2017 confirming the decision of the Quaestors of 14 March 2017 rejecting the complaint directed against the decision of 1 July 2016. Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Mr Bruno Gollnisch to bear his own costs and pay those incurred by the European Parliament; 3. Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs.