Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2020:591
Date: 2020-12-09
Language of the case: Portuguese
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Research and technological development
Procedure: Arbitration clause - unfounded
Origin: Portugal

Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 9 December 2020 – Adraces v Commission (Case T‑714/18) (Arbitration clause – Framework partnership agreement – Local Europe Direct information centre – Termination of the contract without specifying the ground – Legal certainty – Principle of good faith – Proportionality – Observance of the contracting party’s rights and legitimate interests – Right to sound administration) Judicial proceedings – General Court seised under an arbitration clause – Contract concluded under a work programme in the field of communication – Unilateral termination of the contract without specifying the ground – No infringement of the principle of legal certainty – No infringement of the principles of good faith and proportionality – No infringement of the principle pacta sunt servanda – No infringement of the principle of sound administration – Dismissal of the action (Art. 5(4) TEU; Art. 272 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 41) (see paras 37-45, 49, 50, 53, 64-70, 83, 87-91) Re: Application under Article 272 TFEU seeking, first, a declaration that the ‘termination’ by the Commission of framework partnership agreement COMM/LIS/ED/2018-2020,1 is null and void and, second, an order that the Commission restore the applicant to its position prior to that ‘termination’. Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Adraces – Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Raia Centro-Sul to pay the costs.