Order — ECLI:EU:T:2016:513
Date: 2016-09-13
Language of the case: Italian
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: Energy
Procedure: Action for annulment - inadmissible
Origin: Italy

Order of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 13 September 2016 — Terna v Commission(Case T‑544/15) (Action for annulment — Union list of projects of common interest — EU financial aid in two projects in the area of trans-European energy networks — Reduction of the financial aid initially granted following an audit — Preparatory measure — Measure not open to challenge — Inadmissibility) Actions for annulment — Actionable measures — Definition — Measures producing binding legal effects — Preparatory measures — Not included — Commission letter regarding as ineligible certain costs incurred in carrying out a project benefiting from EU financial assistance — Act not intended to produce legal effects — Inadmissibility (Art. 263 TFEU) (see paras 25-27, 29-31) Re: APPLICATION based on Article 263 TFEU and seeking annulment of the decision contained in the Commission’s letter, of 6 July 2015, reducing the financial aid initially granted in the context of two projects (projects 2009-E255/09-ENER/09/TEN-E-S12.564583 and 2007-E 221/07/2007-TREN/07TEN-E-S07.91403) in the area of trans-European energy networks. Operative part 1. The action is dismissed. 2. Terna — Rete elettrica nazionale SpA is ordered to pay the costs.