Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2016:245
Date: 2016-04-27
Language of the case: Greek
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Research and technological development
Procedure: Arbitration clause - unfounded
Origin: Greece

Judgment of the General Court of 27 April 2016 — ANKO v Commission (Case T-155/14) 1 (Arbitration clause — Subsidy contracts concluded in the context of the Sixth framework programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2002-2006) — Persona and Terregov projects — Eligible costs — Reimbursement of sums paid — Counter-claim — Default interest) Language of the case: Greek Parties Applicant: ANKO AE Antiprosopeion, Emporiou kai Viomichanias (Athens, Greece) (represented by: V. Christianos, S. Paliou and A. Skoulikis, lawyers) Defendant: European Commission (represented by: R. Lyal and P. Arenas, acting as Agents, and by O. Lytra, lawyer) Re: Applications, under Article 272 TFEU, seeking, on the one hand, first, a declaration that the Commission’s demand for reimbursement of the subsidies paid to the applicant in implementation of the contracts No. 045459 ‘Perceptual spaces promoting independent aging’, and No. 507749 ‘Impact of e-governance on local and regional administrative services’, concluded in the context of the Sixth framework programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2002-2006) is unfounded, and, second, to order the Commission to pay the balance of the unpaid subsidies under the first of those contracts and, on the other, to order the applicant, by way of counterclaim, to reimburse the subsidies unduly paid under those contracts. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the appeal brought by ANKO AE Antiprosopeion, Emporiou kai Viomichanias; Orders ANKO AE Antiprosopeion, Emporiou kai Viomichanias to pay the European Commission the sum of EUR 606 570.61, corresponding to the reimbursement of the financial contributions which it received under contracts No. 045459 ‘Perceptual spaces promoting independent aging’ and No. 507749 ‘Impact of e-governance on local and regional administrative services’, concluded in the context of the Sixth framework programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2002-2006) plus default interest as from 3 May 2014 at the rate of 3.75%; Orders ANKO AE Antiprosopeion, Emporiou kai Viomichanias to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 175, 10.6.2014.