CELEX: 62017TA0013
Language: en
Date: 2018-07-11 00:00:00
Title: Case T-13/17: Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2018 — Europa Terra Nostra v Parliament (Law governing the institutions — European Parliament — Decision awarding a grant to a political foundation — Pre-financing amount fixed at 33 % of the maximum amount of the grant awarded — Obligation to provide a pre-financing bank guarantee — Financial Regulation — Rules for the application of the Financial Regulation — Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 on the regulations governing political parties at European level and the rules regarding their funding — Proportionality — Misuse of powers)

27.8.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 301/28
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2018 — Europa Terra Nostra v Parliament
      (Case T-13/17) (1)
      
      ((Law governing the institutions - European Parliament - Decision awarding a grant to a political foundation - Pre-financing amount fixed at 33 % of the maximum amount of the grant awarded - Obligation to provide a pre-financing bank guarantee - Financial Regulation - Rules for the application of the Financial Regulation - Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 on the regulations governing political parties at European level and the rules regarding their funding - Proportionality - Misuse of powers))
      (2018/C 301/36)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Europa Terra Nostra eV (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: P. Richter, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: N. Görlitz, C. Burgos and S. Alves, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action under Article 263 TFEU for the annulment in part of Decision FINS-2017-30 of the European Parliament of 12 December 2016 relating to the award of a grant to the applicant, in so far as that decision limits the pre-financing amount to 33 % of the maximum amount of the grant and makes its payment conditional on the provision of a bank guarantee.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Europa Terra Nostra eV to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 63, 27.2.2017.