CELEX: 62006TA0044
Language: en
Date: 2010-07-07 00:00:00
Title: Case T-44/06: Judgment of the General Court of 7 July 2010 — Commission v Hellenic Ventures and Others (Arbitration clause — Action for the creation and development of seed-capital funds — Termination of the contract — Action against the members of a company — Inadmissibility — Reimbursement of advances — Interest)

14.8.2010   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 221/34
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 7 July 2010 — Commission v Hellenic Ventures and Others
   (Case T-44/06) (1)
   
   (Arbitration clause - Action for the creation and development of seed-capital funds - Termination of the contract - Action against the members of a company - Inadmissibility - Reimbursement of advances - Interest)
   2010/C 221/53
   Language of the case: Greek
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: European Commission (represented by: M. Patakia, acting as Agent, and S. Khatzigiannis, lawyer)
   
      Defendants: Hellenic Ventures — Elliniki Etairia Epikheirimatikis Protovoulias AE (Athens, Greece); Konstantinos Katsigiannis (Athens); Panagiotis Khronopoulos (Athens); and Nikolaos Poulakos (Athens) (represented by: V. Khristianos and V. Vlassi, lawyers)
   
      Re:
   
   Action under Article 238 EC by which the Commission seeks an order that the defendants reimburse an advance paid under a contract entitled ‘Seed Fund 601’, concluded between the Commission and the defendant company
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Orders Hellenic Ventures — Elliniki Etairia Epikheirimatikis Protovoulias AE to pay the European Commission the sum of EUR 70 000, together with late-payment interest calculated at the Belgian statutory rate from 25 April 1999 until payment in full of the debt;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Dismisses the remainder of the action;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders Hellenic Ventures to pay the costs, with the exception of those incurred by Konstantinos Katsigiannis, Panagiotis Khronopoulos, and Nikolaos Poulakos;
            
         
               4.
            
            
               Orders the Commission to pay the costs of Konstantinos Katsigiannis, Panagiotis Khronopoulos, and Nikolaos Poulakos.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 86, 8.4.2006.