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Document 62017TA0086
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)
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)
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)
IO C 268, 30.7.2018, p. 35–35
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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)
Judgment of the General Court of 19 June 2018 — Le Pen v Parliament
(Case T-86/17) ( 1 )
‛(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: FrenchParties
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. |
( 1 ) OJ C 104, 3.4.2017.