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APPLICATION FOR A DECLARATION THAT TWO DECISIONS OF THE BUREAU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT , THE FIRST DATED 12 AND 13 OCTOBER 1982 AND THE SECOND DATED 29 OCTOBER 1983 , CONCERNING THE ALLOCATION OF ITEM 3708 OF THE BUDGET ARE VOID ,
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1 BY AN APPLICATION LODGED AT THE COURT REGISTRY ON 28 DECEMBER 1983 , ' LES VERTS - PARTI ECOLOGISTE ' , A NON-PROFIT-MAKING ASSOCIATION WHOSE HEADQUARTERS ARE IN PARIS AND WHOSE FORMATION WAS DECLARED TO THE PREFECTURE DE POLICE ON 3 MARCH 1980 , BROUGHT AN ACTION UNDER THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 173 OF THE EEC TREATY REQUESTING THE COURT TO DECLARE VOID THE DECISION OF THE BUREAU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DATED 12 OCTOBER 1982 CONCERNING THE ALLOCATION OF THE APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED UNDER ITEM 3708 OF THE GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND THE DECISION OF THE ENLARGED BUREAU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DATED 29 OCTOBER 1983 ADOPTING RULES GOVERNING THE USE OF THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENDITURE INCURRED BY THE POLITICAL GROUPINGS HAVING TAKEN PART IN THE 1984 EUROPEAN ELECTIONS .
2 ITEM 3708 WAS ENTERED IN THE GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES FOR THE 1982 , 1983 AND 1984 FINANCIAL YEARS , IN THE SECTION DEALING WITH THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT , UNDER TITLE 3 , CONCERNING EXPENDITURE RESULTING FROM SPECIAL FUNCTIONS CARRIED OUT BY THE INSTITUTION ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL 1982 , L 31 , P . 114 , OFFICIAL JOURNAL 1983 , L 19 , P . 112 , AND OFFICIAL JOURNAL 1984 , L 12 , P . 132 ). THAT ITEM PROVIDES FOR A CONTRIBUTION TO THE COSTS OF PREPARATIONS FOR THE NEXT EUROPEAN ELECTIONS . THE REMARKS CONCERNING THE ITEM IN THE BUDGETS FOR 1982 AND 1983 ARE IDENTICAL . IT IS STATED THAT ' THIS APPROPRIATION IS TO COVER A CONTRIBUTION TO THE COST OF PREPARATIONS FOR THE INFORMATION CAMPAIGN LEADING UP TO THE SECOND DIRECT ELECTIONS IN 1984 ' AND THAT ' THE BUREAU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WILL LAY DOWN THE CONDITIONS GOVERNING THIS EXPENDITURE ' . THE REMARK CONTAINED IN THE 1984 BUDGET STATES THAT THE CONTRIBUTION WILL BE MADE ' PURSUANT TO THE BUREAU DECISION OF 12 OCTOBER 1982 ' . IN TOTAL 43 MILLION ECU WAS ALLOCATED TO THIS ITEM .
3 ON 12 OCTOBER 1982 , THE BUREAU , WHICH IS COMPOSED OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE 12 VICE-PRESIDENTS OF THE PARLIAMENT , ADOPTED , UPON A PROPOSAL FROM THE CHAIRMEN OF THE POLITICAL GROUPS , A DECISION CONCERNING THE ALLOCATION OF THE APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED UNDER ITEM 3708 ( HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS ' THE 1982 DECISION ' ). THE BUREAU SAT ON THAT OCCASION IN THE PRESENCE OF THE CHAIRMEN OF THE POLITICAL GROUPS AND DELEGATES OF THE NON-ATTACHED MEMBERS . ONE OF THE POLITICAL GROUPS , THE TECHNICAL COORDINATION GROUP , OBJECTED TO THE PRINCIPLE OF GRANTING FUNDS TO THE POLITICAL GROUPS FOR THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN .
4 THAT DECISION , WHICH WAS NOT