# C_2004217EN.01000502.xml

| 28.8.2004 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 217/5 |
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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Fourth Chamber)

of 8 July 2004

in Case C-127/03: Commission of the European Communities v Trendsoft (Irl) Ltd( 1 )

(Arbitration clause - Repayment of sums advanced - Interest for late payment - Judgment by default)

(2004/C 217/09)

Language of the case: English

In Case C-127/03: Commission of the European Communities (Agents: L. Flynn and C. Giolito) v Trendsoft (Irl) Ltd, established in Dublin (Ireland), — application by the Commission of the European Communities under Article 238 EC for repayment of the sum of EUR 21 303 paid by the Commission to the defendant in connection with the performance of contract No EP 23697 together with interest for late payment — the Court (Fourth Chamber), composed of: J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, President of the Chamber, F. Macken (Rapporteur) and K. Lenaerts, Judges; M. Poiares Maduro, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 8 July 2004, in which it:

| 1. | Orders Trendsoft (Irl) Ltd to pay the Commission of the European Communities the sum of EUR 21 303 due as principal sum, together with interest for late payment:
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at the rate of 6.09 % per annum from 31 August 2000 to 31 December 2002; —
at the rate of 8 % per annum from 1 January 2003 to the date of the present judgment; —
at the annual rate applied under the law of Ireland, currently section 26 of the Debtors (Ireland) Act, 1840, as amended, in accordance with section 20 of the Courts Act, 1981, by regulation 3 of the Courts Act, 1981 (Interest on Judgment Debts) Order, 1989, up to a limit of a rate of 8.09 % per annum, from the date of the present judgment; | — | at the rate of 6.09 % per annum from 31 August 2000 to 31 December 2002; | — | at the rate of 8 % per annum from 1 January 2003 to the date of the present judgment; | — | at the annual rate applied under the law of Ireland, currently section 26 of the Debtors (Ireland) Act, 1840, as amended, in accordance with section 20 of the Courts Act, 1981, by regulation 3 of the Courts Act, 1981 (Interest on Judgment Debts) Order, 1989, up to a limit of a rate of 8.09 % per annum, from the date of the present judgment; |
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| — | at the rate of 6.09 % per annum from 31 August 2000 to 31 December 2002; | | | | | | |
| — | at the rate of 8 % per annum from 1 January 2003 to the date of the present judgment; | | | | | | |
| — | at the annual rate applied under the law of Ireland, currently section 26 of the Debtors (Ireland) Act, 1840, as amended, in accordance with section 20 of the Courts Act, 1981, by regulation 3 of the Courts Act, 1981 (Interest on Judgment Debts) Order, 1989, up to a limit of a rate of 8.09 % per annum, from the date of the present judgment; | | | | | | |

| 2. | Orders Trendsoft (Irl) Ltd to pay the costs. |
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( 1 )  OJ C 112 of 10.5.2003.

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