62024TO0681_INF
Order of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 19 August 2025 –Inescop v Commission
(Case T‑681/24)
(Arbitration clause – Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-2013) – OLAF investigation – Rejection of costs – Repayment of the sums advanced – Damages – Locus standi of the defendant – Excusable error – Inadmissibility)
1.
Judicial proceedings – General Court seised under an arbitration clause – Capacity to be a defendant – Grant agreements concluded under the Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-2013) – Agreement concluded with the Research Executive Agency (REA) – Action directed against the Commission – Inadmissibility
(Art. 272 TFEU)
(see paragraphs 30-35, 40, 41, 49)
2.
Action for annulment – Admissibility criteria – Action against the author of the contested measure – Action for annulment of a measure of the Research Executive Agency (REA) formed against the Commission – Inadmissibility
(Art. 263 TFEU)
(see paragraphs 51, 56, 68, 69)
3.
Judicial proceedings – Compulsory intervention – Not permissible
(Art. 263 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 76(c))
(see paragraphs 74, 77)
4.
Judicial proceedings – Time limits for instituting proceedings – Time-barred – Excusable error – Concept – Scope – Erroneous designation as defendant of a person other than the author of the contested measure – Precluded
(Art. 272 TFEU)
(see paragraphs 82, 83, 86)
Operative part
1.
The action is dismissed as inadmissible.
2.
Asociación de investigación para la industria del calzado y conexas (Inescop) shall pay the costs.