CELEX: 62020TA0740
Language: en
Date: 2021-07-14 00:00:00
Title: Case T-740/20: Judgment of the General Court of 14 July 2021 — Arnautu v Parliament (Law governing the institutions — Rules on expenses and allowances for Members of Parliament — Parliamentary assistance allowance — Recovery of sums unduly paid — Plea of illegality — Rights of the defence — Error of assessment)

30.8.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 349/38
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 14 July 2021 — Arnautu v Parliament
      (Case T-740/20) (1)
      
      (Law governing the institutions - Rules on expenses and allowances for Members of Parliament - Parliamentary assistance allowance - Recovery of sums unduly paid - Plea of illegality - Rights of the defence - Error of assessment)
      (2021/C 349/53)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Marie Christine Arnautu (Paris, France) (represented by: F. Wagner, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: N. Görlitz, T. Lazian and M. Ecker, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment, first, of the decision of the Secretary General of the Parliament of 21 September 2020 on the recovery from the applicant of a sum of EUR 87 203,46 unduly paid by way of parliamentary assistance and, second, of the corresponding debit note of 22 October 2020.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Mrs Marie-Christine Arnautu to bear her own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Parliament.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 44, 8.2.2021.