Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court of 18 December 2024 – Institut Jožef Stefan v Commission

(Case T-134/23)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202500909EN.000101-E0001)

(Award of grants in the field of defence - EDF - Funding of research actions - Call for proposals EDF-2021-MCBRN-R - Rejection of the applicant’s proposal on account of non-compliance with the admissibility conditions and criteria - Obligation to state reasons - Principle of sound administration - Right to be heard - Error of assessment)

(C/2025/909)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Institut Jožef Stefan (Ljubljana, Slovenia) (represented by: A. Bochon, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: R. Tricot, E. Stamate and T. Isacu de Groot, Agents)

Re:

By its action brought pursuant to Article 263 TFEU, the applicant, coordinator of the PANDORA consortium, seeks annulment of the Decision of the European Commission of 3 January 2023 rejecting the project proposal with reference 101075036-PANDORA, submitted in response to European Defence Fund (EDF) call for proposals EDF-2021-MCBRN-R.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Institut Jožef Stefan to pay the costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/909/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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