CELEX: 62015CA0140
Language: en
Date: 2016-09-21 00:00:00
Title: Case C-140/15 P: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 21 September 2016 — European Commission v Kingdom of Spain (Appeal — Cohesion Fund — Reduction of financial assistance — Procedure of adoption of the decision by the European Commission — Existence of a time limit — Non-compliance with the time limit laid down — Consequences)

14.11.2016   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 419/17
            
         Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 21 September 2016 — European Commission v Kingdom of Spain
   (Case C-140/15 P) (1)
   
   ((Appeal - Cohesion Fund - Reduction of financial assistance - Procedure of adoption of the decision by the European Commission - Existence of a time limit - Non-compliance with the time limit laid down - Consequences))
   (2016/C 419/21)
   Language of the case: Spanish
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellant: European Commission (represented by: S. Pardo Quintillán and D. Recchia, acting as Agents)
   
      Other party to the proceedings: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: A. Rubio González, acting as Agent)
   
      Intervener in support of the defendant: Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: B. Koopman and M. Bulterman, acting as Agents)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the appeal;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the European Commission to pay the costs;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 155, 11.5.2015.