CELEX: 62020TA0170
Language: en
Date: 2021-07-14 00:00:00
Title: Case T-170/20: Judgment of the General Court of 14 July 2021 — Rochefort v Parliament (Law governing the institutions — Rules on expenses and allowances for Members of Parliament — Parliamentary assistance allowance — Recovery of sums unduly paid — Burden of proof — Duty to state reasons — Rights of the defence — Error of law — Error of assessment — Proportionality)

6.9.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 357/23
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 14 July 2021 — Rochefort v Parliament
      (Case T-170/20) (1)
      
      (Law governing the institutions - Rules on expenses and allowances for Members of Parliament - Parliamentary assistance allowance - Recovery of sums unduly paid - Burden of proof - Duty to state reasons - Rights of the defence - Error of law - Error of assessment - Proportionality)
      (2021/C 357/36)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Robert Rochefort (Paris, France) (represented by: M. Stasi, J.-L. Teheux and J.-M. Rikkers, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: N. Görlitz, T. Lazian and M. Ecker, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of the decision of the Secretary General of the Parliament of 17 December 2019 on the recovery from the applicant of a sum of EUR 61 423,40 unduly paid by way of parliamentary assistance and of the corresponding debit note of 22 January 2020.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Annuls the decision of the Secretary General of the Parliament of 17 December 2019 on the recovery from Mr Robert Rochefort of a sum of EUR 61 423,40 unduly paid by way of parliamentary assistance and the corresponding debit note of 22 January 2020 in so far as they concern sums paid between April and June 2010, February, June and July 2011 and, lastly, between 21 May and 27 July 2012;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders Mr Rochefort and the Parliament each to bear their own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 191, 8.6.2020.