14.8.2017 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 269/23 |
Order of the General Court of 29 May 2017 — Le Pen v Parliament
(Case T-863/16) (1)
((Action for annulment - Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament - Parliamentary assistance allowance - Recovery of sums unduly paid - Manifest inadmissibility in part - No need to adjudicate in part))
(2017/C 269/34)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Jean-Marie Le Pen (Saint-Cloud, France) (represented by: M. Ceccaldi and J.-P. Le Moigne, lawyers)
Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: S. Seyr and G. Corstens, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of the decision of the Secretary-General of the Parliament of 29 January 2016 relating to the recovery from the applicant of a sum of EUR 320 026,23 unduly paid for parliamentary assistance, the debit note of 4 February 2016 relating thereto, and the decision of the Quaestors of 4 October 2016 rejecting the applicant’s complaint against the decision of 29 January 2016.
Operative part of the order
1. |
The action is dismissed as manifestly inadmissible in so far as it concerns the claim for annulment of the decision of the Secretary-General of the European Parliament of 29 January 2016 relating to the recovery from Mr Jean-Marie Le Pen of a sum of EUR 320 026,23 unduly paid for parliamentary assistance and of the debit note of 4 February 2016 relating thereto, and in so far as it concerns the claim that the Parliament should be ordered to pay the applicant EUR 50 000 by way of compensation for the recoverable costs. |
2. |
There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the action in so far as it concerns the claim for annulment of the decision of the Quaestors of 4 October 2016 rejecting the applicant’s complaint against the decision of 29 January 2016. |
3. |
The parties are ordered to bear their own costs. |