62023CO0768_INF
Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 11 April 2025 –Commission v PB
(Case C‑768/23 P)
(Appeal – Article 182 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Public supply contracts – Irregularities in the procedure for the award of contracts – Decision to recover sums unduly paid – Director of the recipient company – Possibility of recovery from the director of the economic operator benefiting from European Union funds – Administrative measure)
1.
Appeal – Grounds – Error of law – Incorrect assessment as regards the non-existence of a pecuniary obligation which may be converted into an enforceable title – Question of law dealt with in a previous judgment – Ground manifestly well-founded
(Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Council Regulations No 2988/95, Arts 4 and 7, and No 1605/2002, as amended by Regulation No 1995/2006, Art. 103)
(see paragraphs 32, 43-45)
2.
Appeal – Appeal upheld – Judgment to be given on the substance by the appeal court – Condition – Whether the state of the proceedings permits final judgment to be given – Absence – Referral of the case back to the General Court – Scope – Dismissal of the remainder of the action for annulment in the judgment under appeal – Failure to challenge the grounds for that dismissal by way of appeal – Consequence – Dismissal having the force of res judicata – Exclusion of a new examination by the General Court
(Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 61, first para.)
(see paragraphs 49-51)
Operative part
1.
Point 1 of the operative part of the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 4 October 2023PB v Commission (T‑407/21, EU:T:2023:603) is set aside.
2.
The case is referred back to the General Court of the European Union in so far as it concerns the annulment of Commission Decision C(2021) 3338 final of 5 May 2021 concerning the recovery of the amount of EUR 5038 737.86 plus interest payable to the director of the company [confidential]. (
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3.
The costs are reserved.
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