Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2020:194
Date: 2020-05-13
Language of the case: Greek
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: Research and technological development
Procedure: Arbitration clause - unfounded
Origin: Greece

summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based — Plea not supported by precise arguments — Inadmissibility (Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 21, first para. and 53, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 76(d)) (see para. 199) 7. Judicial proceedings — Measures of inquiry — Expert’s report — Discretion of the General Court (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Arts 88 and 91(e)) (see para. 234) Re: First, application based on Article 272 TFEU seeking a declaration that the expenditure declared by the applicant, in the context of grant agreement No 215952 relating to the implementation of ‘A sophisticated multi-parametric system for the continuous-effective assessment and monitoring of motor status in Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases’ project, concluded in the context of the Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-2013), was eligible, and that the request, by the Commission, for recovery of the sum of EUR 481 835.56 and EUR 29 694.10, pursuant to that grant agreement, amounted to a breach of the Commission’s contractual obligations, and, second, a counterclaim seeking an order requiring the applicant to pay the sum of EUR 481 835.56, together with interest. Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Talanton Anonymi Emporiki — Symvouleftiki-Ekpaideftiki Etaireia Dianomon, Parochis Ypiresion Marketing kai Dioikisis Epicheiriseon to reimburse to the European Commission non-eligible costs in the sum of EUR 481 835.56, together with late payment interest at the rate of 3.5% from 26 February 2018; 3. Orders Talanton Anonymi Emporiki — Symvouleftiki-Ekpaideftiki Etaireia Dianomon, Parochis Ypiresion Marketing kai Dioikisis Epicheiriseon to pay to the European Commission, by way of compensation, a lump sum of EUR 29 694.10, together with late payment interest at the rate of 3.5% from 26 February 2018; 4. Orders Talanton Anonymi Emporiki — Symvouleftiki-Ekpaideftiki Etaireia Dianomon, Parochis Ypiresion Marketing kai Dioikisis Epicheiriseon to pay the costs.