CELEX: 62017TA0086
Language: en
Date: 2018-06-19 00:00:00
Title: Case T-86/17: Judgment of the General Court of 19 June 2018 — Le Pen v Parliament (Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances of Members of the European Parliament — Parliamentary assistance allowance — Recovery of sums unduly paid — Power of the Secretary-General — Rights of the defence — Burden of proof — Obligation to state reasons — Equal treatment — Misuse of powers — Independence of the Members — Error of fact — Proportionality)

201807130572003612018/C 268/42862017TC26820180730EN01ENINFO_JUDICIAL20180619353511Case T-86/17: Judgment of the General Court of 19 June 2018 — Le Pen v Parliament (Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances of Members of the European Parliament — Parliamentary assistance allowance — Recovery of sums unduly paid — Power of the Secretary-General — Rights of the defence — Burden of proof — Obligation to state reasons — Equal treatment — Misuse of powers — Independence of the Members — Error of fact — Proportionality)
 ---documentbreak--- C2682018EN3510120180619EN0042351351Judgment of the General Court of 19 June 2018 — Le Pen v Parliament
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   ‛(Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances of Members of the European Parliament — Parliamentary assistance allowance — Recovery of sums unduly paid — Power of the Secretary-General — Rights of the defence — Burden of proof — Obligation to state reasons — Equal treatment — Misuse of powers — Independence of the Members — Error of fact — Proportionality)’2018/C 268/42Language of the case: French
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Marion Le Pen (Saint-Cloud, France) (represented by: initially, M. Ceccaldi and J.-P. Le Moigne, subsequently, M. Ceccaldi and, finally, R. Bosselut, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: G. Corstens and S. Seyr, acting as Agents)
   
      Intervener in support of the defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: A. Jensen, M. Bauer and R. Meyer, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Application based on Article 263 TFEU and seeking annulment of the decision of the Secretary-General of the Parliament of 5 December 2016 concerning the recovery of a sum of EUR 298497,87 wrongfully paid as parliamentary assistance allowance and of the debit note of 6 December 2016 relating thereto.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
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            Dismisses the action;
         
      
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            Orders Marion Le Pen to bear her own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Parliament, including those relating to the interlocutory proceedings;
         
      
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            Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs.
         
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      )	OJ C 104, 3.4.2017.