CELEX: C2006/281/71
Language: en
Date: 2006-11-18 00:00:00
Title: Case T-260/06: Action brought on 15 September 2006 — Arktouros v Commission

18.11.2006   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 281/40
            
         Action brought on 15 September 2006 — Arktouros v Commission
   (Case T-260/06)
   (2006/C 281/71)
   Language of the case: Greek
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Arktouros (Association for the Protection and Management of the Natural Environment and Wildlife) (Thessaloniki, Greece) (represented by: N. Korogiannakis and N. Keramidas, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Commission of the European Communities
   Form of order sought
   
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               annul Commission Decision C (2006)3181 final of 7 July 2006, notified to the applicant on 10 July 2006, concerning the ending of the programme ‘Conservation actions in the Northern Pindos National Park’ — Ellas — LIFE03 NAT/GR/000089 and relating to the reimbursement of assistance amounting to EUR 264 684,00 together with default interest amounting to EUR 4 659,53;
            
         
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               exclude a sum amounting to EUR 55 658,28 from the sum to be repaid, in respect of eligible expenditure incurred in connection with the programme;
            
         
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               order the Commission to pay the costs.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   The applicant submits, first, that the infringement by the Commission of a provision contained in the LIFE Standard Administrative Provisions constitutes an infringement of a rule of law under Article 230 EC, rendering Commission Decision C (2006)3181 final invalid.
   Second, the applicant submits that the Commission made a material error of assessment regarding the applicant's ability to complete the programme despite the departure of two of its members, an error which justifies annulment of the Commission decision concerning termination of the agreement and recovery of the assistance granted.
   In the alternative, the applicant seeks the exclusion of the sum of EUR 55 658,28 from the sum to be repaid, in respect of eligible expenditure incurred in connection with the programme.