# C_2017078EN.01002101.xml

| 13.3.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 78/21 |
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13.3.2017

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 78/21

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Judgment of the General Court of 1 February 2017 — Aalberts Industries v European Union

(Case T-725/14) (1)

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((Non-contractual liability - Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights - Reasonable period within which a judgment must be delivered - Circumstances specific to the case - Importance of the case - Complexity of the dispute - Conduct of the parties and supervening procedural matters - No period of unjustified inactivity))

(2017/C 078/27)

Language of the case: Dutch

Parties

Parties

Applicant: Aalberts Industries NV (Utrecht, Netherlands) (represented by: R. Wesseling and M. Tuurenhout, lawyers)

Applicant:

Defendant: European Union, represented by the Court of Justice of the European Union (represented by: initially, A. Placco and, subsequently, J. Inghelram and E. Beysen, acting as Agents)

Defendant:

Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: S. Noë, P. van Nuffel and V. Bottka, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant

Re:

Re:

Action based on Article 268 TFEU and seeking compensation for the damage allegedly suffered by the applicant as a result of the duration of the proceedings, before the General Court, in the case which gave rise to the judgment of 24 March 2011, Aalberts Industries and Others v Commission (T-385/06, EU:T:2011:114).

Aalberts Industries and Others

Commission

Operative part of the judgment

Operative part of the judgment

The General Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |
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Dismisses the action;

| 2. | Orders the European Union, represented by the Court of Justice of the European Union, to pay, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by Aalberts Industries NV in connection with the plea of inadmissibility raised by the Court of Justice of the European Union which gave rise to the order of 13 February 2015, Aalberts Industries v European Union (T-725/14, not published, EU:T:2015:107); |
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Orders the European Union, represented by the Court of Justice of the European Union, to pay, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by Aalberts Industries NV in connection with the plea of inadmissibility raised by the Court of Justice of the European Union which gave rise to the order of 13 February 2015, Aalberts Industries v European Union (T-725/14, not published, EU:T:2015:107);

| 3. | Orders Aalberts Industries to pay, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by the European Union, represented by the Court of Justice of the European Union, in connection with the action which gave rise to the present judgment; |
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Orders Aalberts Industries to pay, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by the European Union, represented by the Court of Justice of the European Union, in connection with the action which gave rise to the present judgment;

| 4. | Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs. |
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4.

Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.

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(1)  OJ C 431, 1.12.2014.

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