CELEX: 62019TA0799
Language: en
Date: 2021-03-24 00:00:00
Title: Case T-799/19: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Bennahmias v Parliament (Institutional law — Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament — Parliamentary assistance allowance — Recovery of sums unduly paid — Burden of proof — Obligation to state reasons — Error of law — Error of fact — Proportionality)

7.6.2021   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 217/41
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Bennahmias v Parliament
      (Case T-799/19) (1)
      
      (Institutional law - Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament - Parliamentary assistance allowance - Recovery of sums unduly paid - Burden of proof - Obligation to state reasons - Error of law - Error of fact - Proportionality)
      (2021/C 217/53)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Jean-Luc Bennahmias (Marseille, France) (represented by: J.-M. Rikkers, J.-L. Teheux, M. Ganilsy and C. De Kuyper, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: N. Lorenz and M. Ecker, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of the decision of the Secretary-General of the Parliament of 16 September 2019 concerning the recovery from the applicant of a sum of EUR 15 105 unduly paid as parliamentary assistance allowance and the debit note of 19 September 2019 relating thereto.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Mr Jean-Luc Bennahmias to bear his own costs and pay those incurred by the European Parliament.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 45, 10.2.2020.