62022CJ0313_SUM
Case C‑313/22
Achilleion Anomymi Xenodocheiaki Etaireia
v
Elliniko Dimosio
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Elegktiko Synedrio)
Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 13 July 2023
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Structural Funds – European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) – Co-financing – Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 – Articles 30(4) and 39(1) – Durability of investment operations – ‘Substantial modification’ of a co-financed investment operation – Recovery of aid in the event of transfer of the establishment which is the subject of that operation – Effect of the specific circumstances surrounding that transfer)
Questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Reference to the Court – National court or tribunal for the purposes of Article 267 TFEU – Concept – Elegktiko Synedrio (Court of Auditors, Greece) – Referring body exercising a judicial function in the context which gave rise to the request for a preliminary ruling – Included
(Art. 267 TFEU)
(see paragraphs 35, 36)
Economic, social and territorial cohesion – Structural assistance – European Union funding – Regulation No 1260/1999 – Substantial modification of a co-financed investment operation – Concept – Transfer of an establishment which is the subject of an investment operation co-financed by the Structural Funds of the European Union – Included – Conditions
(Council Regulation No 1260/1999, recitals 4, 6 and 7 and Art. 30(4))
(see paragraphs 42-46, 50, 52-56, 58-71, 85, operative part 1)
Economic, social and territorial cohesion – Structural assistance – European Union funding – Regulation No 1260/1999 – National legislation which obliges the beneficiary of funding paid in respect of an investment operation co-financed by the Structural Funds of the European Union not to transfer, without exception, for a period of five years from the adoption of the completion decision for the investment in question, an establishment which is the subject of that operation, failing which a financial correction will be imposed accompanied by total or partial recovery of that funding – Not permissible
(Council Regulation No 1260/1999, Art. 30(4))
(see paragraphs 74, 78, 79, 85, operative part 1)
Economic, social and territorial cohesion – Structural assistance – European Union funding – Regulation No 1260/1999 – Obligation to make financial corrections – Scope – Transfer of an establishment which is the subject of an investment operation co-financed by the Structural Funds of the European Union constituting a substantial modification of that operation – Included
(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 17; Council Regulation No 1260/1999, Arts 30(4) and 39(1))
(see paragraphs 90-95, operative part 2)
See the text of the decision.