CELEX: 62006TA0349
Language: en
Date: 2008-09-09 00:00:00
Title: Cases T-349/06, T-371/06, T-14/07, T-15/07 and in Case T-332/07: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 9 September 2008 — Germany v Commission (ERDF — Reduction of financial assistance — Change in the financing plan without the consent of the Commission — Concept of significant change — Article 24 of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 — Actions for annulment)

25.10.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 272/24
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 9 September 2008 — Germany v Commission
   (Cases T-349/06, T-371/06, T-14/07, T-15/07 and in Case T-332/07) (1)
   
   (ERDF - Reduction of financial assistance - Change in the financing plan without the consent of the Commission - Concept of significant change - Article 24 of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 - Actions for annulment)
   (2008/C 272/44)
   Language of the case: German
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: M. Lumma and, in Cases T-349/06, T-371/06, T-14/07 and T-15/07, also by C. Schulze-Bahr, Agents, assisted by C. von Donat, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: G. Wilms and L. Flynn, Agents)
   Re:
   ACTION for the annulment of Decisions C(2006) 4193 final and C(2006) 4194 final of 25 September 2006, Decisions C(2006) 5163 final and C(2006) 5164 final of 3 November 2006 and Decision C(2007) 2619 final of 25 June 2007 reducing the financial assistance from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for Objective 2 1997-1999 of the RESIDER — Nordrhein-Westfalen Operational Programme 1994-1999, for the Operational Programmes for Nordrhein-Westfalen in the framework of the common SME (small and medium-sized enterprises) and RECHAR II initiatives, and for the Operational Programme for Community structural assistance in the Objective 2 regions of Land Nordrhein-Westfalen for the period 1994-1996 respectively.
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Joins Case T-332/07 to Cases T-349/06, T-371/06, T-14/07 and T-15/07 for the purposes of the judgment;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Dismisses the actions;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 20, 27.1.2007.