CELEX: C1999/314/17
Language: en
Date: 1999-10-30 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 29 September 1999 in Case T-126/97: Sonasa - Sociedade Nacional de Segurança, Ld.a v Commission of the European Communities (Action for annulment - European Social Fund - Reduction of financial assistance - Legitimate expectations - Legal certainty - Sound administration - Inadequate statement of reasons)

30.10.1999                EN                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                   C 314/7
                                                          COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
    JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                                2. The remainder of the action is dismissed.
                                                                           3. Each party shall bear its own costs.
                        of 16 September 1999
                                                                           (1) OJ C 26 of 25.1.1997.
in Case T-182/96: Partex — Companhia Portuguesa de
Serviços SA v Commission of the European Communi-
                                 ties (1)
(Social policy — European Social Fund — Action for                             JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
annulment — Reduction in financial aid — Facts and
accounts certified as accurate — Competence ratione tempo-
ris of the State concerned — Statement of reasons — Rights                                      of 29 September 1999
of the defence — Abuse of rights — Legitimate expectations
      — Protection of vested rights — Misuse of powers)
                                                                           in Case T-126/97: Sonasa — Sociedade Nacional de
                                                                           Segurança, Ld.a v Commission of the European Communi-
                                                                                                         ties (1)
                           (1999/C 314/16)
                                                                           (Action for annulment — European Social Fund —
                                                                           Reduction of financial assistance — Legitimate expectations
                                                                           — Legal certainty — Sound administration — Inadequate
                                                                                                 statement of reasons)
                   (Language of the case: Portuguese)
                                                                                                   (1999/C 314/17)
In Case T-182/96: Partex — Companhia Portuguesa de Ser-                                     (Language of the case: Portuguese)
viços SA, whose registered office is in Lisbon, represented by
Rui Chancerelle de Machete, Pedro Machete and Miguel Pena
Machete, of the Lisbon Bar, with an address for service in                 In Case T-126/97: Sonasa — Sociedade Nacional de Segurança,
Luxembourg at the Chambers of Louis Schiltz, 2 Rue du Fort                 Ld.a, established in Lisbon, represented by Nuno Morais
Rheinsheim v Commission of the European Communities                        Sarmento, of the Lisbon Bar, with an address for service in
(Agents: Maria Teresa Figueira and Knut Simonsson) — appli-                Luxembourg at the Chambers of Victor Gillen, 13 Rue
cation for annulment of Commission Decision C (96) 1184 of                 Aldringen v Commission of the European Communities
14 August 1996 reducing the financial assistance from the                  (Agents: Maria Teresa Figueira and Knut Simonson) — appli-
European Social Fund granted in respect of project No                      cation for annulment of Commission Decision C (96) 3451 of
880412/P3 — the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber),                   16 December 1996 reducing financial assistance granted to
composed of M. Jaeger, President, K. Lenaerts and J. Azizi,                the applicant by the European Social Fund — the Court of
Judges; J. Palacio González, Administrator, for the Registrar,            First Instance (Fourth Chamber), composed of R.M. Moura
gave a judgment on 16 September 1999, the operative part of                Ramos, President, V. Tiili and P. Mengozzi, Judges; H. Jung,
which is as follows:                                                       Registrar, gave a judgment on 29 September 1999, in which
                                                                           it:
1. Commission Decision C (96) 1184 of 14 August 1996 reduc-                1. Dismisses the action;
     ing the financial assistance from the European Social Fund in
     respect of project No 880412/P3 is annulled in so far as it           2. Orders the applicant to pay all the costs.
     imposes, in regard to subheadings 14.2.6, 14.2.7, 14.3.1(b),
     14.3.1(c), 14.3.7, 14.63.8 and 14.3.15 of the part of the
     project relating to Tintas Robbialac SA and subheadings 14.2.8,       (1) OJ No C 199 of 28.6.1997.
     14.3.1(b), 14.3.1(c), 14.3.7 and 14.3.11 of the part of the
     project relating to Sapec — Produits et Engrais Chimiques du
     Portugal SA, a reduction in the amounts claimed by the applicant
     in its final payment claim.