(Case T-276/07)

Rules concerning expenses and allowances for Members of the European Parliament – Recovery of sums wrongly paid

3. Procedure – Application initiating proceedings – Subject-matter of the dispute – Delimitation – Alteration once proceedings have been started – Prohibition (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Arts 44(1) and 48(2)) (see para. 65)

4. European Parliament – Regulation governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament – Parliamentary assistance allowance – Liability of the Member of the European Parliament making the request vis-à-vis that institution – Paying agent to manage amounts paid – No effect (see paras 95-96)

5. European Parliament – Regulation governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament – Parliamentary assistance allowance – Paying agent to manage amounts paid – No documents evidencing use in accordance with rules – Obligation to repay – (see paras 100, 108)

Re:

Application for annulment of the decision of the Secretary-General of the European Parliament of 10 May 2007 and, if necessary, the debit note of the Director-General for Finance of the Parliament, taken pursuant to the decision of 10 May 2007, and, where applicable, any decision implementing the aforementioned measures which might arise in the course of the proceedings.

Operative part

The Court:

1.Dismisses the application;

2.Orders Mr Hans-Peter Martin to pay the costs.