CELEX: 62017TA0048
Language: en
Date: 2019-11-07 00:00:00
Title: Case T-48/17: Judgment of the General Court of 7 November 2019 –ADDE v Parliament (Law governing the institutions — European Parliament — Decision declaring certain expenditure of a political party ineligible for the purposes of a grant for 2015 — Decision awarding a grant for 2017 and making provision for pre-financing at the rate of 33 % of the maximum grant amount and an obligation to provide a bank guarantee — Obligation of impartiality — Rights of the defence — Financial Regulation — Rules of application of the Financial Regulation — Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 — Proportionality — Equal treatment)

23.12.2019   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 432/34
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 7 November 2019 –ADDE v Parliament
      (Case T-48/17) (1)
      
      (Law governing the institutions - European Parliament - Decision declaring certain expenditure of a political party ineligible for the purposes of a grant for 2015 - Decision awarding a grant for 2017 and making provision for pre-financing at the rate of 33 % of the maximum grant amount and an obligation to provide a bank guarantee - Obligation of impartiality - Rights of the defence - Financial Regulation - Rules of application of the Financial Regulation - Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 - Proportionality - Equal treatment)
      (2019/C 432/38)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe ASBL (ADDE) (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: initially by L. Defalque and L. Ruessmann, subsequently by M. Modrikanen and finally by Y. Rimokh, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: C. Burgos and S. Alves, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Application pursuant to Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment, first, of the decision of the Parliament of 21 November 2016 declaring certain expenditure ineligible for the purposes of a grant for 2015 and, second, of Parliament Decision FINS-2017-13 of 12 December 2016 concerning the award of a grant to the applicant for 2017, in so far as that decision limits the pre-financing to 33 % of the maximum grant amount, subject to the provision of a bank guarantee.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
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                     Annuls the decision of the Parliament of 21 November 2016 declaring certain expenditure ineligible for a grant in respect of financial year 2015;
                  
               
            
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                     Dismisses the application for annulment of Parliament Decision FINS-2017-13 of 12 December 2016 concerning the award of a grant to the applicant for the financial year 2017;
                  
               
            
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                     Orders Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe ASBL and the European Parliament to bear their own costs, including those relating to the interim proceedings.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 78, 13.3.2017.