Order of the General Court (First Chamber) of 14 June 2012 —Technion and Technion Research & Development Foundation v Commission(Case T-546/11)
Action for annulment — Sixth framework programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities — Letter confirming the findings of an audit report and informing the applicant of the next steps in the procedure — Acts inseparable from the contract — Inadmissibility
1.                     Proceedings — Legal basis of an action — Choice for the applicant, not the EU judicature (see para. 30)
2.                     Actions for annulment — Action relating in reality to a contractual dispute — Action concerning a letter of an institution
inseparable from contractual relations between the latter and the applicant — No jurisdiction of the EU judicature — Inadmissibility
(Art. 263 TFEU) (see paras 32-34, 50)
3.                     Actions for annulment — Action relating in reality to a contractual dispute — Reclassification of the action — Conditions —
Applicant not having expressly requested reclassification — Action not based on any plea claiming infringement of the rules
governing the contractual relationship — Exclusion from reclassification (Arts 263 TFEU and 272 TFEU) (see paras 58, 59)
Re:
APPLICATION for annulment of the decision allegedly contained in the letter of the Commission of 2 August 2011 confirming
the conclusions of the financial audit concerning the financial statements declared by Technion — Israel Institute of Technology,
concerning four contracts concluded under the sixth framework programme of the European Community for research, technological
development and demonstration activities, contributing to the creation of the European research area and to innovation (2002-2006),
and informing Technion of the next steps in the procedure.
Operative part
1.
The action is dismissed as inadmissible;
2.
Technion — Israel Institute of Technology and Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd is ordered to pay the costs.