# C_2014380EN.01000501.xml

| 27.10.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 380/5 |
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Judgment of the General Court of 11 September 2014 — Commission v ID FOS Research

(Case T-170/08)( 1 )

((Arbitration clause - Contracts for financial assistance concerning projects in the field of industrial and materials technologies - Reimbursement of a part of the sums paid - Default interest))

2014/C 380/05

Language of the case: Dutch

Parties

Applicant: European Commission (represented by: R. Lyal and W. Roels, acting as Agents)

Defendant: ID Fiber Obtic Sensing Research (ID FOS Research) (represented initially by P. Walravens and J. De Wachter, subsequently by P. Walravens and C. Lebon, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought pursuant to Article 272 TFEU seeking the reimbursement of a part of the sums paid by the Commission, together with default interest, under contract BRPR-CT-95-0099 concluded in the framework of the specific programme for research and technological development, including demonstration, in the field of industrial and materials technologies (Brite-Euram III).

Operative part of the judgment

| 1. | ID Fiber Optic Sensing Research (ID FOS Research) is ordered to reimburse the European Commission the sum of EUR 21  599,26, together with default interest:
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at the rate of 4,75 % per annum from 1 July 2002 until 31 December 2002; —
at the rate of 6,75 % per annum from 1 January 2003 until the date of the present judgment; —
at the annual rate applied under the law of England and Wales, currently section 17 of the Judgment Courts Act, 1838, as amended, up to a maximum of 6,75 % per annum, from the date of the present judgment until the debt is fully settled. | — | at the rate of 4,75 % per annum from 1 July 2002 until 31 December 2002; | — | at the rate of 6,75 % per annum from 1 January 2003 until the date of the present judgment; | — | at the annual rate applied under the law of England and Wales, currently section 17 of the Judgment Courts Act, 1838, as amended, up to a maximum of 6,75 % per annum, from the date of the present judgment until the debt is fully settled. |
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| — | at the rate of 4,75 % per annum from 1 July 2002 until 31 December 2002; | | | | | | |
| — | at the rate of 6,75 % per annum from 1 January 2003 until the date of the present judgment; | | | | | | |
| — | at the annual rate applied under the law of England and Wales, currently section 17 of the Judgment Courts Act, 1838, as amended, up to a maximum of 6,75 % per annum, from the date of the present judgment until the debt is fully settled. | | | | | | |

| 2. | ID FOS Research is ordered to pay the costs. |
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( 1 )  OJ C 171, 5.7.2008.

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