Order of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 12 July 2012 —Power-One Italy v Commission
(Case C-372/11 P)
Appeal — Non-contractual liability — Project co-funded by the financial instrument ‘LIFE’ — Development of a new system of supplying power for use in mobile telephony (‘Pneuma’ project) — Commission decision to end the project and to recover the advance paid — Compensation for the loss allegedly sustained
1.                     Appeals — Grounds — Order of the General Court dismissing an action for annulment as manifestly inadmissible — Grounds raised
in support of the appeal concerning substantive issues — Manifestly unfounded (Art. 256 TFEU) (see paras 29-38, 47-49)
2.                     Appeals — Grounds — Inadequate statement of reasons — Order of the General Court dismissing an action for annulment as manifestly
inadmissible — Order containing a proper statement of reasons — Unfounded ground (Art. 256 TFEU) (see paras 40-42)
3.                     Appeals — Grounds — Erroneous assessment of the facts — Inadmissibility — Review by the Court of the findings of fact — Possible
only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted — Plea alleging distortion of the clear sense of the evidence —
Necessity of indicating precisely the evidence alleged to have been distorted and showing the errors of appraisal which led
to that distortion (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.) (see paras 56-58)
Re:
Appeal against the order of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 24 May 2011 in Case T-489/08
Power-One Italy
v
Commission
by which that court dismissed an action for compensation for the loss allegedly sustained by the appellant following the
Commission’s decision to end the Pneuma project (LIFE04 ENV/IT/000595) intended to co-fund development of a new system of
supplying power for use in mobile telephony — Legitimate expectations — Duty to state reasons.
Operative part
1.
The appeal is dismissed.
2.
Power-One Italy SpA is ordered to pay the costs.