Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2011 - Dover v Parliament

(Case T-149/09) ¹

(Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament - Review of the use of allowances - Parliamentary assistance allowance - Justification of expenditure - Recovery of undue payments)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Densmore Ronald Dover (Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, United Kindgom) (represented by: D. Vaughan QC, M. Lester, Barrister, and M. French, Solicitor)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: H. Krück, D. Moore and M. Windisch, Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of Decision D (2009) 4639 of the Secretary-General of the European Parliament of 29 January 2009 concerning the recovery of sums paid to the applicant by way of parliamentary allowances.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Annuls Decision D (2009) 4639 of the Secretary-General of the European Parliament of 29 January 2009 as regards the recovery of the sum of GBP 193 001;

Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

Orders the Parliament and Mr Densmore Ronald Dover each to bear their own costs.

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¹ - OJ C 141, 20.6.2009.