CELEX: 62014TA0831
Language: en
Date: 2017-11-14 00:00:00
Title: Case T-831/14: Judgment of the General Court of 14 November 2017 — Alfamicro v Commission (Arbitration clause — Grant agreement concluded under the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) (2007-2013) — Audit report — Eligible costs — Reimbursement of amounts paid — Proportionality — Legitimate expectations — Legal certainty — Principle of good administration — Obligation to state reasons — Amendment of the form of order sought in the course of the proceedings — Set-off of claims — Counterclaim — Default interest)

8.1.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 5/26
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 14 November 2017 — Alfamicro v Commission
   (Case T-831/14) (1)
   
   ((Arbitration clause - Grant agreement concluded under the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) (2007-2013) - Audit report - Eligible costs - Reimbursement of amounts paid - Proportionality - Legitimate expectations - Legal certainty - Principle of good administration - Obligation to state reasons - Amendment of the form of order sought in the course of the proceedings - Set-off of claims - Counterclaim - Default interest))
   (2018/C 005/34)
   Language of the case: Portuguese
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Alfamicro — Sistemas de computadores, Sociedade Unipessoal, Lda. (Cascais, Portugal) (represented by: initially, G. Gentil Anastácio, D. Pirra Xarepe and L. Rodrigues Carvalho, and subsequently G. Gentil Anastácio and D. Pirra Xarepe, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Estrada de Solà and P. Guerra e Andrade, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   First, application based on Article 272 TFEU and seeking, in essence, a declaration that the debt claimed by the Commission against the applicant under Grant Agreement No 238882 on the EU financing of the ‘Save Energy’ project, concluded under the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007-2013) established by Decision No 1639/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 2006 (OJ 2006 L 310, p. 15) is non-existent, and, secondly, counterclaim seeking, in essence, an order that the applicant repay the subsidy wrongly paid under that grant agreement.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action brought by Alfamicro — Sistemas de computadores, Sociedade Unipessoal, Lda;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Alfamicro — Sistemas de computadores, Sociedade Unipessoal to pay to the European Commission the sum of EUR 277 849,93, increased by default interest at the rate of EUR 26,88 per day with effect from 20 June 2015;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders Alfamicro — Sistemas de computadores, Sociedade Unipessoal to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 73, 2.3.2015.