# C_2016251EN.01003601.xml

| 11.7.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 251/36 |
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11.7.2016

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 251/36

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Action brought on 4 May 2016 — Aristoteleio Panepistimio Thessalonikis v Commission

(Case T-207/16)

(2016/C 251/42)

Language of the case: Greek

Parties

Parties

Applicant: Aristoteleio Panepistimio Thessalonikis (Thessaloniki, Greece) (represented by: V. Christianos, lawyer)

Applicant:

Defendant: European Commission

Defendant:

Form of order sought

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the General Court should:

| — | annul the decision to exclude the applicant; |
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annul the decision to exclude the applicant;

| — | annul the decision to register the applicant in and activate the Early Warning System and/or the Early Detection and Exclusion System, and |
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annul the decision to register the applicant in and activate the Early Warning System and/or the Early Detection and Exclusion System, and

| — | order the defendant to pay the applicant’s costs. |
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order the defendant to pay the applicant’s costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

Pleas in law and main arguments

By this action, the applicant seeks the annulment, first, of the decision of the competent authorising officer and/or the competent contracting authority with respect to the exclusion of the applicant and, second, of the decision of the competent authorising officer and/or the competent contracting authority whereby registration was applied for or effected, and the exclusion warning activated by the Commission, with respect to the applicant, in the Early Warning System and or in the Early Detection and Exclusion System which is operated by the European Commission.

The applicant submits that the contested acts should be annulled for the following reasons:

| 1. | First, infringement of an essential procedural requirement. |
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First, infringement of an essential procedural requirement.

| 2. | Second, infringement of the provisions of Decision 2014/792/EU (1) with respect to the Early Warning System and Regulation 2015/1929 (2) with respect to the Early Detection and Exclusion System, the right to a hearing and the principle of proportionality. |
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Second, infringement of the provisions of Decision 2014/792/EU (1) with respect to the Early Warning System and Regulation 2015/1929 (2) with respect to the Early Detection and Exclusion System, the right to a hearing and the principle of proportionality.

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| 3. | Third, infringement of the general principles of good administration and transparency. |
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Third, infringement of the general principles of good administration and transparency.

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(1)  2014/792/EU: Commission Decision of 13 November 2014 on the Early Warning System to be used by authorising officers of the Commission and by the executive agencies (OJ 2014 L 329, p. 68)

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(2)  Regulation (ΕE, Euratom) 2015/1929 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 October 2015 amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (OJ 2015 L 286, p. 1)

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