CELEX: 62016TA0626
Language: en
Date: 2018-05-16 00:00:00
Title: Case T-626/16: Judgment of the General Court of 16 May 2018 — Troszczynski v Parliament (Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament — Parliamentary assistance allowance — Recovery of sums unduly paid — Power of the Secretary-General — Electa una via — Rights of the defence — Burden of proof — Obligation to state reasons — Political rights — Equal treatment — Misuse of power — Independence of the Members — Error of fact — Proportionality)

201806150681955372018/C 231/256262016TC23120180702EN01ENINFO_JUDICIAL20180516212222Case T-626/16: Judgment of the General Court of 16 May 2018 — Troszczynski v Parliament (Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament — Parliamentary assistance allowance — Recovery of sums unduly paid — Power of the Secretary-General — Electa una via — Rights of the defence — Burden of proof — Obligation to state reasons — Political rights — Equal treatment — Misuse of power — Independence of the Members — Error of fact — Proportionality)
 ---documentbreak--- C2312018EN2120120180516EN0025212222Judgment of the General Court of 16 May 2018 — Troszczynski v Parliament
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   ‛(Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament — Parliamentary assistance allowance — Recovery of sums unduly paid — Power of the Secretary-General — Electa una via — Rights of the defence — Burden of proof — Obligation to state reasons — Political rights — Equal treatment — Misuse of power — Independence of the Members — Error of fact — Proportionality)’2018/C 231/25Language of the case: French
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Mylène Troszczynski (Noyon, France) (represented initially by: M. Ceccaldi, and subsequently by F. Wagner, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: G. Corstens and S. Seyr, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Application on the basis of Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of the decision of the Secretary-General of the Parliament of 23 June 2016 concerning the recovery from the applicant of a sum of EUR 56554 wrongfully paid as parliamentary assistance allowance and the debit note relating thereto.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
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            Dismisses the action;
         
      
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            Orders Ms Mylène Troszczynski to bear her own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Parliament, including those related to the interlocutory proceedings.
         
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      )	OJ C 383, 17.10.2016.