# C_2015337EN.01001101.xml

| 12.10.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 337/11 |
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12.10.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 337/11

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Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas (Lithuania) lodged on 10 August 2015 — Lietuvos Respublikos aplinkos ministerijos Aplinkos projektų valdymo agentūra v UAB ‘Alytaus regiono atliekų tvarkymo centras’

(Case C-436/15)

(2015/C 337/13)

Language of the case: Lithuanian

Referring court

Referring court

Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas

Parties to the main proceedings

Parties to the main proceedings

Appellant: Lietuvos Respublikos aplinkos ministerijos Aplinkos projektų valdymo agentūra

Appellant:

Other parties: UAB ‘Alytaus regiono atliekų tvarkymo centras’, Lietuvos Respublikos finansų ministerija, UAB ‘Skirnuva’, UAB ‘Parama’, UAB ‘Alkesta’, UAB ‘Dzūkijos statyba’

Other parties:

Questions referred

Questions referred

| 1. | What constitutes a ‘multiannual programme’ within the meaning of Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 (1) on the protection of the European Communities’ financial interests? |
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What constitutes a ‘multiannual programme’ within the meaning of Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 (1) on the protection of the European Communities’ financial interests?

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| 2. | Do projects such as No 2001/LT/16/P/PE/003: ‘Establishment of a waste management system for the Alytus Region’, which was granted support by Commission Decision No PH(2001)5367 of 13 December 2001 approving Measure 2001 LT 16 P PE 003, as amended by Commission Decision No PH/2002/9380 of 23 December 2002, correspond to the concept of a ‘multiannual programme’ set out in Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities’ financial interests? |
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Do projects such as No 2001/LT/16/P/PE/003: ‘Establishment of a waste management system for the Alytus Region’, which was granted support by Commission Decision No PH(2001)5367 of 13 December 2001 approving Measure 2001 LT 16 P PE 003, as amended by Commission Decision No PH/2002/9380 of 23 December 2002, correspond to the concept of a ‘multiannual programme’ set out in Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities’ financial interests?

| 3. | If the answer to the second question is ‘yes’: what point in time should be regarded as constituting the start of the limitation period for proceedings under Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities’ financial interests? |
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If the answer to the second question is ‘yes’: what point in time should be regarded as constituting the start of the limitation period for proceedings under Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities’ financial interests?

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(1)  OJ 1995 L 312, p. 1.

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