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Case T-393/15: Judgment of the General Court of 14 September 2017 — Università del Salento v Commission (Arbitration clause — General Programme ‘Fundamental Rights and Justice’ — Specific programme ‘Criminal Justice’ — Recovery of sums paid by the Commission under a grant agreement — Set-off of amounts owed — Partial reclassification of the action — Application for a declaration that there is no contractual claim)
Date: 2017-09-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU aid, abuse of power, claim, debt, equal treatment, financial aid, research project, university








C_2017369EN.01000802.xml










30.10.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 369/8





Judgment of the General Court of 14 September 2017 — Università del Salento v Commission
(Case T-393/15) (1)

((Arbitration clause - General Programme ‘Fundamental Rights and Justice’ - Specific programme ‘Criminal Justice’ - Recovery of sums paid by the Commission under a grant agreement - Set-off of amounts owed - Partial reclassification of the action - Application for a declaration that there is no contractual claim))
(2017/C 369/10)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: Università del Salento (Lecce, Italy) (represented by: F. Vetrò, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: initially, L. Di Paolo, F. Moro, L. Cappelletti and O. Verheecke, and subsequently L. Di Paolo, F. Moro and O. Verheecke, acting as Agents)

Re:

First, application under Article 263 TFEU seeking (i) annulment of Commission Decision D/C4 — B.2 — 005817 of 4 May 2015, by which the applicant’s claim in respect of the implementation of a contract in a first project, Entice (Explaining the Nature of Technological Innovation in Chinese Enterprises), was set off against the applicant’s debt in respect of the implementation of a contract in a second project, entitled ‘Judicial Training and Research on EU crimes against environment and maritime pollution’; (ii) annulment of all other measures, preliminary to, consecutive to or, in any event, connected with that decision; and (iii) an order requiring the Commission to pay to the applicant the amounts owed to it for the implementation of the Entice project; and, secondly, application under Article 272 TFEU seeking a declaration that the debt claimed by the Commission in respect of the implementation of the second project is non-existent.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Università del Salento to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 311, 21.9.2015.
Council Decision (EU) 2017/1591 of 14 September 2017 appointing a member, proposed by the Republic of Austria, of the Committee of the Regions
Date: 2017-09-14
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Austria, European Committee of the Regions, appointment of members








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21.9.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 243/4








            COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2017/1591
of 14 September 2017
         
appointing a member, proposed by the Republic of Austria, of the Committee of the Regions


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,


Having regard to the proposal of the Austrian Government,

Whereas:







(1)


On 26 January 2015, 5 February 2015 and 23 June 2015, the Council adopted Decisions (EU) 2015/116 (1), (EU) 2015/190 (2) and (EU) 2015/994 (3) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2015 to 25 January 2020.












(2)


A member's seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Markus LINHART,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following is hereby appointed as a member of the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2020:






—


Mr Hannes WENINGER, Gemeinderat (Gießhübl) und Abgeordneter zum Nationalrat.






Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 14 September 2017.


For the Council


The President

A. ANVELT
            





(1)  Council Decision (EU) 2015/116 of 26 January 2015 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2015 to 25 January 2020 (OJ L 20, 27.1.2015, p. 42).

(2)  Council Decision (EU) 2015/190 of 5 February 2015 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2015 to 25 January 2020 (OJ L 31, 7.2.2015, p. 25).

(3)  Council Decision (EU) 2015/994 of 23 June 2015 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2015 to 25 January 2020 (OJ L 159, 25.6.2015, p. 70).