CELEX: 62020TA0051
Language: en
Date: 2021-06-30 00:00:00
Title: Case T-51/20: Judgment of the General Court of 30 June 2021 — Mélin v Parliament (Law governing the institutions — Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the Parliament — Parliamentary assistance allowance — Recovery of sums unduly paid — Plea of illegality — Rights of the defence — Error of fact)

9.8.2021   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 320/37
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 30 June 2021 — Mélin v Parliament
      (Case T-51/20) (1)
      
      (Law governing the institutions - Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the Parliament - Parliamentary assistance allowance - Recovery of sums unduly paid - Plea of illegality - Rights of the defence - Error of fact)
      (2021/C 320/42)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Joëlle Mélin (Aubagne, France) (represented by: F. Wagner, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: M. Ecker and S. Seyr, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Application under Article 263 TFEU, seeking annulment of the decision of the Secretary-General of the Parliament of 17 December 2019 relating to the recovery from the applicant of a sum of EUR 130 339,35 unduly paid by way of parliamentary assistance and the related debit note of 18 December 2019.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Ms Joëlle Mélin to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 87, 16.3.2020.