Joined Cases C-183/17 P and C-184/17 P: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 31 January 2019 — International Management Group v European Commission (Appeal — Development cooperation — EU budget implementation by indirect management — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Challengeable acts — Decision to entrust a budget implementation task to an entity other than the entity initially chosen — Decision not to entrust any new budget implementation tasks to the entity initially chosen — Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 — Article 43 — Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012 — Article 43 — Definition of ‘international organisation’ — Conditions — Claim for damages)
Date: 2019-01-31
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU financing, Myanmar/Burma, damages, development aid, general budget (EU), implementation of the budget, international organisation








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25.3.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 112/2






Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 31 January 2019 — International Management Group v European Commission
(Joined Cases C-183/17 P and C-184/17 P) (1)

((Appeal - Development cooperation - EU budget implementation by indirect management - Action for annulment - Admissibility - Challengeable acts - Decision to entrust a budget implementation task to an entity other than the entity initially chosen - Decision not to entrust any new budget implementation tasks to the entity initially chosen - Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 - Article 43 - Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012 - Article 43 - Definition of ‘international organisation’ - Conditions - Claim for damages))
(2019/C 112/02)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: International Management Group (represented by: L. Levi and J.-Y. de Cara, avocats)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre and J. Baquero Cruz, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Sets aside the judgments of the General Court of the European Union of 2 February 2017, International Management Group v Commission (T-29/15, not published, EU:T:2017:56), and of 2 February 2017, International Management Group v Commission (T-381/15, not published, EU:T:2017:57);










2.


Annuls Commission Implementing Decision C(2014) 9787 final of 16 December 2014 amending Implementing Decision C(2013) 7682 on the Annual Action Programme 2013 in favour of Myanmar/Burma to be financed from the general budget of the European Union;










3.


Annuls the decision of the European Commission not to conclude any new delegation agreements for indirect management with International Management Group, contained in its letter of 8 May 2015;










4.


Refers Case T-381/15 back to the General Court of the European Union for a ruling on the claim for damages submitted by International Management Group in respect of the harm allegedly caused to that entity by the decision of the Commission referred to in paragraph 3 of the operative part of this judgment;










5.


Dismisses the cross-appeals;










6.


Orders the Commission to pay the costs in Cases C-183/17 P, C-184/17 P and T-29/15, and










7.


Reserves the costs in Case T-381/15.






(1)  OJ C 221, 10.7.2017.