CELEX: 62017CA0584
Language: en
Date: 2020-07-16 00:00:00
Title: Case C-584/17 P: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 16 July 2020 — ADR Center SpA v European Commission (Appeal — Arbitration clause — Grant agreements concluded in the context of the Specific Programme ‘Civil Justice’ for the period 2007-2013 — Audit reports questioning the eligibility of certain costs — European Commission decision to recover unduly paid sums — Article 299 TFEU — Power of the Commission to adopt an enforceable decision within contractual relationships — Jurisdiction of the EU judicature — Effective judicial protection)

7.9.2020   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 297/3
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 16 July 2020 — ADR Center SpA v European Commission
      (Case C-584/17 P) (1)
      
      (Appeal - Arbitration clause - Grant agreements concluded in the context of the Specific Programme ‘Civil Justice’ for the period 2007-2013 - Audit reports questioning the eligibility of certain costs - European Commission decision to recover unduly paid sums - Article 299 TFEU - Power of the Commission to adopt an enforceable decision within contractual relationships - Jurisdiction of the EU judicature - Effective judicial protection)
      (2020/C 297/04)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Appellant: ADR Center SpA (represented by: A. Guillerme and T. Bontinck, avocats)
      
         Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: J. Estrada de Solà and A. Katsimerou, acting as Agents)
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the appeal;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders ADR Center SpA to bear, in addition to two thirds of its own costs, two thirds of the costs incurred by the European Commission;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders the European Commission to bear, in addition to one third of its own costs, one third of the costs incurred by ADR Center SpA.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 5, 8.1.2018.