Order — ECLI:EU:T:2006:11
Date: 2006-01-13
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Third Chamber
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Economic, social and territorial cohesion;Environment;Approximation of laws
Concepts: Costs
Procedure: Action for annulment;Application as to costs
Origin: Germany

Summary of the Judgment 
1. Economic and social cohesion — Projects relating to tourism and the environment — 
Grant of Community financial assistance — Proof of interference by officials such as 
to necessarily delay the performance of a project financed by the Commission — Onus 
on the Commission to prove that the actions in question had no impact on the 
management of the project 
2. Acts of the institutions — Statement of reasons — Obligation — Scope — Com­
mission decision to reduce the amount of Community financial assistance — Reason 
given by the Commission during the proceedings which was not mentioned in the 
contested decision — Not permissible 
(EC Treaty, Art. 190 (now Art. 253 EC)) 
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