# C_2014282EN.01000601.xml

| 25.8.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 282/6 |
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25.8.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 282/6

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Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 19 June 2014 — Commune de Millau, Société d’économie mixte d’équipement de l’Aveyron (SEMEA) v European Commission

(Case C-531/12 P) (1)

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((Appeal - Arbitration clause - Grant contract concerning a local development action - Recovery of part of the sums paid - Assumption of debt - Jurisdiction of the General Court - Limitation period - Liability of the Commission))

2014/C 282/08

Language of the case: French

Parties

Parties

Appellants: Commune de Millau, Société d’économie mixte d’équipement de l’Aveyron (SEMEA) (represented by: L. Hincker and F. Bleykasten, avocats)

Appellants:

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: S. Lejeune and D. Calciu, acting as Agents, and by E. Bouttier, avocat)

Other party to the proceedings:

Operative part of the judgment

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

| 1) | Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union in Joined Cases T-168/10 and T-572/10 Commission v SEMEA and Commune de Millau, in so far as it found, in the assessment of the counterclaim brought by the Commune de Millau and the Société d’économie mixte d’équipement de l’Aveyron (SEMEA), that there is no direct causal link between the conduct of the European Commission and the damage allegedly sustained as a result of the order for payment of default interest; |
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Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union in Joined Cases T-168/10 and T-572/10 Commission v SEMEA and Commune de Millau, in so far as it found, in the assessment of the counterclaim brought by the Commune de Millau and the Société d’économie mixte d’équipement de l’Aveyron (SEMEA), that there is no direct causal link between the conduct of the European Commission and the damage allegedly sustained as a result of the order for payment of default interest;

Commission

SEMEA and Commune de Millau

| 2) | Upholds in part the counterclaim brought by the Commune de Millau and the Société d’économie mixte d’équipement de l’Aveyron (SEMEA) and orders the European Commission to pay three quarters of the amount of default interest at the annual statutory rate applied in France that is due in respect of the period from 27 April 1993 to 18 November 2005; |
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Upholds in part the counterclaim brought by the Commune de Millau and the Société d’économie mixte d’équipement de l’Aveyron (SEMEA) and orders the European Commission to pay three quarters of the amount of default interest at the annual statutory rate applied in France that is due in respect of the period from 27 April 1993 to 18 November 2005;

| 3) | Dismisses the appeal as to the remainder; |
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Dismisses the appeal as to the remainder;

| 4) | Orders the European Commission, in addition to bearing its own costs at first instance and on appeal, to pay one quarter of the costs incurred by the Commune de Millau and by the Société d’économie mixte d’équipement de l’Aveyron (SEMEA) in both sets of proceedings; |
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Orders the European Commission, in addition to bearing its own costs at first instance and on appeal, to pay one quarter of the costs incurred by the Commune de Millau and by the Société d’économie mixte d’équipement de l’Aveyron (SEMEA) in both sets of proceedings;

| 5) | Orders the Commune de Millau and the Société d’économie mixte d’équipement de l’Aveyron (SEMEA) to bear three quarters of their own costs incurred at first instance and on appeal. |
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Orders the Commune de Millau and the Société d’économie mixte d’équipement de l’Aveyron (SEMEA) to bear three quarters of their own costs incurred at first instance and on appeal.

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(1)  OJ C 32, 2.2.2013.

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