Case T-509/21: Judgment of the General Court of 4 September 2024 –IMG v Commission (EU Financial Regulations – Implementation of the EU budget under indirect management by an international organisation – Decision refusing to recognise a legal person as an international organisation – Action for annulment – Lawfulness of the authority to act granted to the applicant’s lawyers – Admissibility – Decision adopted in compliance with a judgment of the Court of Justice – Article 266 TFEU – Res judicata – Principle of good administration – Legal certainty – Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 – Article 58 – Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012 – Article 43 – Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 – Article 156 – Concepts of international organisation and international agreement – Errors in law – Manifest error of assessment – Non-contractual liability)
Date: 2024-09-04
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU budget, admissibility, enforcement of ruling, financial regulation, implementation of the budget, indemnification, international agreement, international organisation, legal person, principle of legal certainty








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C/2024/6084


21.10.2024






Judgment of the General Court of 4 September 2024 –IMG v Commission


(Case T-509/21)
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(EU Financial Regulations - Implementation of the EU budget under indirect management by an international organisation - Decision refusing to recognise a legal person as an international organisation - Action for annulment - Lawfulness of the authority to act granted to the applicant’s lawyers - Admissibility - Decision adopted in compliance with a judgment of the Court of Justice - Article 266 TFEU - Res judicata - Principle of good administration - Legal certainty - Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 - Article 58 - Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012 - Article 43 - Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 - Article 156 - Concepts of ‘international organisation’ and ‘international agreement’ - Errors in law - Manifest error of assessment - Non-contractual liability)
(C/2024/6084)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: International Management Group (IMG) (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: L. Levi and J.-Y. de Cara, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Baquero Cruz, J.-F. Brakeland, S. Delaude and L. Puccio, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action, the applicant seeks, first, on the basis of Article 263 TFEU, annulment of the decision of 8 June 2021 by which the European Commission refused to accord it, with retroactive effect from 16 December 2014, the status of an international organisation provided for by the EU Financial Regulations for the implementation of EU funds using the indirect management method and, secondly, on the basis of Article 268 TFEU, compensation for the material and non-material damage which it claims to have sustained.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






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Dismisses the action;










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Orders each party to bear its own costs.






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            OJ C 431, 25.10.2021.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/6084/oj
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