Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2023:438
Date: 2023-07-26
Language of the case: Italian
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: Research and technological development
Procedure: Arbitration clause - unfounded;Arbitration clause - application inadmissible
Origin: Italy

Judgment of the General Court of 26 July 2023 – Engineering – Ingegneria Informatica v Commission (Case T-273/22) 1 (Arbitration clause – ‘Horizon 2020 – Framework Programme for Research and Innovation’ (2014-2020) – ‘Detecting and ANalysing TErrorist-related online contents and financing activities – DANTE’ project – Grant agreement – Action for annulment – Final audit report – Debit note – Acts not amenable to review – Acts forming part of a purely contractual context from which they are not separable – Inadmissibility – Staff costs – Bonuses calculated on the basis of commercial targets – Ineligibility – Legitimate expectations) Language of the case: Italian Parties Applicant: Engineering – Ingegneria Informatica SpA (Rome, Italy) (represented by: S. Villata, L. Montevecchi and C. Oncia, lawyers) Defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. Ilkova and S. Romoli, acting as Agents) Re: By its action under Articles 263 and 272 TFEU the applicant seeks, in essence, first, annulment of several acts of the European Commission relating to the implementation of grant agreement No 700367 concerning the project entitled ‘Detecting and ANalysing TErrorist-related online contents and financing activities – DANTE’ and, second, a finding that certain costs are eligible for financing on the basis of that agreement and, accordingly, that the Commission does not have the right to pursue the reimbursement of the sums corresponding to those costs. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Engineering – Ingegneria Informatica SpA to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 276, 18.7.2022.