CELEX: 62019TN0145
Language: en
Date: 2019-03-07 00:00:00
Title: Case T-145/19: Action brought on 7 March 2019 — Jap Energéticas y Medioambientales v Commission

6.5.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 155/47
            
         
      Action brought on 7 March 2019 — Jap Energéticas y Medioambientales v Commission
      (Case T-145/19)
      (2019/C 155/57)
      Language of the case: Spanish
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Jap Energéticas y Medioambientales, SL (Valencia, Spain) (represented by: G. Alabau Zabal, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Commission
      
         Form of order sought
      
      The applicant claims that the General Court should annul the act adopted by the European Commission setting the amount to be repaid by the applicant due to the reduction of funding in Programme LIFE 11.
      
         Pleas in law and main arguments
      
      This action is brought against the act of the European Commission of 14 January 2019, notified on 24 January 2019, setting the amount which the applicant must repay due to the reduction of funding in Programme LIFE 11 ENV/ES/000593-H2AL RECYCLING, and making an order for payment.
      In support of its action, the applicant relies on three pleas in law.
      
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                  First plea in law, alleging infringement of an essential procedural requirement.
                  
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                              In that regard, the applicant submits that the European Commission did not present any arguments or data enabling the applicant to counter its arguments beyond the content of the initial letter of January 2017, in which the applicant was informed of the expenses which were not eligible for funding, given that, in all its communications, the Commission merely reproduced the same arguments.
                           
                        
            
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                  Second plea in law, alleging infringement of the Treaty or any legal rule relating to its application.
                  
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                              In that regard, the applicant submits that acts which limit subjective rights or legitimate interests must state the reasons on which they are based, in accordance with EU law, given that, otherwise, there may be arbitrary conduct in favour of the party adopting the act, and there may be an abuse of power, which would be contrary to the principles of proportionality, legitimate expectation, equal treatment and ‘prohibition of arbitrariness’ laid down in EU law.
                           
                        
            
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                  Third plea in law, alleging infringement of the right of defence
                  
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                              In that regard, the applicant submits that there is a lack of justification for the act, as no solid administrative criteria have been stated for declaring certain costs ineligible and, consequently, it is not possible to challenge them.