CELEX: 62007CA0308
Language: en
Date: 2009-02-19 00:00:00
Title: Case C-308/07 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 19 February 2009 — Koldo Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso v European Parliament (Appeal — Rules concerning the expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament — Recovery of improperly paid sums by means of offsetting — Enforcement of a judgment of the Court of First Instance — Right to an impartial tribunal — Res judicata — Principle of sound administration)

18.4.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 90/2
            
         Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 19 February 2009 — Koldo Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso v European Parliament
   (Case C-308/07 P) (1)
   
   (Appeal - Rules concerning the expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament - Recovery of improperly paid sums by means of offsetting - Enforcement of a judgment of the Court of First Instance - Right to an impartial tribunal - Res judicata - Principle of sound administration)
   2009/C 90/03
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellant: Koldo Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso (represented by: D. Rouget, avocat)
   
      Other party to the proceedings: European Parliament (represented by: C. Karamarcos, H. Krück and D. Moore, then by the latter two and A. Padowska, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Appeal brought against the order of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) delivered on 24 April 2007 in Case T-132/06 Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso v European Parliament, by which the Court of First Instance dismissed as in part inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded the appellant’s action for annulment of the decision of the Secretary General of the European Parliament of 22 March 2006, adopted to implement the judgment of the Court of First Instance of 22 December 2005 in Case T-146/04 Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso v European Parliament — Interpretation of Article 111 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance and of the principle of impartiality — Interpretation of Article 27 of the Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the appeal;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Mr Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 211, 8.9.2007.