Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 23.11.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 399/31 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 23 September 2020 — Fundación Tecnalia Research & Innovation v Commission

(Case T-314/19) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2020399EN.01003102-E0001)

(Arbitration clause - Grant agreement concluded in the framework of the Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-2013) - Development and testing of sensor systems for quality and performance control in baking processes - Bread-Guard Project - Overlap of the project with another project financed under the same programme - Changes to the description of the tasks to be undertaken - Loss of the intellectual property rights required for the execution of the project - Overestimation of the number of people needed each month for the project - Beneficiaries’ duty to provide information - Serious misconduct - Termination by the Commission of the grant agreement)

(2020/C 399/45)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Fundación Tecnalia Research & Innovation (San Sebastián, Spain) (represented by: P. Palacios Pesquera and M. Rius Coma, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Estrada de Solà and S. Izquierdo Pérez, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application pursuant to Article 272 TFEU seeking a declaration that the Commission was not justified in terminating the grant agreement relating to the FP7-KBBE-2013-7-613647 BreadGuard Project

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Fundación Tecnalia Research & Innovation to pay the costs. |

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