Corte di giustizia UE/2021

62020TJ0172_INF Judgment of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] ([OSCURATO:PERSONA]) of 14 July 2021 – [OSCURATO:PERSONA] v [OSCURATO:PERSONA] (Case T‑172/20) (Law governing the institutions – Rules on expenses and allowances for Members of [OSCURATO:PERSONA] – 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) 1. Acts of the institutions – Statement of reasons – Obligation – Scope – Decision of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] ordering the recovery of a sum unduly paid by way of parliamentary assistance (Art. 296, second para., TFEU) (see paras 21, 29-33) 2. [OSCURATO:PERSONA] – Rules on costs and indemnities of MEPs – Parliamentary assistance allowances – Check relating to the use of parliamentary assistance expenses – Burden of proof (Decision of the Bureau concerning implementing measures for the Statute for Members of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA], [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 33(1) and (2), and 68) (see paras 39-47, 59, 60, 96) 3. [OSCURATO:PERSONA] – Rules on costs and indemnities of MEPs – Recovery of sums unduly paid – Obligation to hear the Member concerned before adopting a decision – None – Obligation to hear third parties in the recovery procedure – Absence (Decision of the Bureau concerning implementing measures for the Statute for Members of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA], Art. 68(2)) (see paras 66-68, 71) 4. [OSCURATO:PERSONA] – Rules on costs and indemnities of MEPs – Recovery of sums unduly paid – Amount to be recovered – [OSCURATO:PERSONA]’s lack of discretion – Claim by the Member concerned of infringement of the principle of proportionality – Rejection (Decision of the Bureau concerning implementing measures for the Statute for Members of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA], Art. 68(1)) (see paras 76, 77) Re: Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of the decision of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] of 17 December 2019 on the recovery from the applicant of a sum of EUR 60 499.38 unduly paid by way of parliamentary assistance and of the corresponding debit note of 22 January 2020. Operative part [OSCURATO:PERSONA]: 1. Annuls the decision of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] of 17 December 2019 on the recovery from [OSCURATO:PERSONA] of a sum of EUR 60 499.38 unduly paid by way of parliamentary assistance and the corresponding debit note of 22 January 2020 in so far as they concern sums paid for April 2010, for the days not corresponding to the missions accepted by the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA], and the period from 29 to 31 March 2011; 2. Dismisses the action as to the remainder; 3. [OSCURATO:PERSONA] and the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] each to bear their own costs.