CELEX: 62005TJ0138
Arbitration clause
Framework programmes for activities in the field of research and technological development
Contracts concerning projects in the field of telematics applications of common interest
Lack of supporting documentation and failure of part of the declared expenditure to comply with the contractual provisions
Repayment of sums paid

APPLICATION, pursuant to an arbitration clause within the meaning of Article 238 EC, for an order against Impetus Simvouloi
Mikhanikoi – Kainotomia kai Tekhnologia EPE to repay part of the sums paid to it by the European Community under the Invite
(Inland Navigation Telematics) contract (reference COP 493) and under the Ausias (ATT in Urban Sites with Integration and
Standardisation) contract (reference TR 1006), concluded in the framework of Decision No 1110/94/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 26 April 1994 concerning the fourth framework programme of the European Community activities in the
field of research and technological development and demonstration (1994 to 1998) (OJ 1994 L 126, p. 1), and part of the sums
paid under the Artis (Advanced Road Transport Informatics in Spain) contract (reference V 2043), concluded in the framework
of Council Decision 90/221/Euratom, EEC of 23 April 1990 concerning the framework programme of Community activities in the
field of research and technological development (1990 to 1994) (OJ 1990 L 117, p. 28).
Operative part:
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the Commission’s claim for repayment of the sum of EUR 136 037.30 under the Invite (Inland Navigation Telematics)
contract (reference COP 493);
2.
Orders Impetus Simvouloi Mikhanikoi – Kainotomia kai Tekhnologia EPE, under the Ausias (ATT in Urban Sites with Integration
and Standardisation) contract (reference TR 1006), to pay to the Commission the sum of EUR 14 678.41 by way of principal sum,
together with interest for late payment, at the statutory annual rate applicable in Spain, from 15 November 2002 until payment
in full of the debt;
3.
Orders Impetus Simvouloi Mikhanikoi – Kainotomia kai Tekhnologia EPE, under the Artis (Advanced Road Transport Informatics
in Spain) contract (reference V 2043), to pay to the Commission the sum of EUR 9 230.77 by way of principal sum, together
with interest for late payment, at the statutory annual rate applicable in Spain, from 29 January 2003 until payment in full
of the debt;
4.
Orders each party to bear its own costs.