CELEX: 62016TA0205
Language: en
Date: 2018-05-17 00:00:00
Title: Case T-205/16: Judgment of the General Court of 17 May 2018 — Lithuania v Commission (Cohesion Fund — Expenditure excluded from financing — Technical support for Cohesion Fund management in Lithuania — VAT — Article 11(1) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 16/2003 — Reduction of financial assistance)

201806150761955042018/C 231/242052016TC23120180702EN01ENINFO_JUDICIAL20180517212111Case T-205/16: Judgment of the General Court of 17 May 2018 — Lithuania v Commission (Cohesion Fund — Expenditure excluded from financing — Technical support for Cohesion Fund management in Lithuania — VAT — Article 11(1) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 16/2003 — Reduction of financial assistance)
 ---documentbreak--- C2312018EN2110120180517EN0024211211Judgment of the General Court of 17 May 2018 — Lithuania v Commission
   (Case T-205/16) (
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   ‛(Cohesion Fund — Expenditure excluded from financing — Technical support for Cohesion Fund management in Lithuania — VAT — Article 11(1) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 16/2003 — Reduction of financial assistance)’2018/C 231/24Language of the case: Lithuanian
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Republic of Lithuania (represented by: D. Kriaučiūnas, R. Krasuckaitė and D. Stepanienė, acting as Agents)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B.-R. Killmann and J. Jokubauskaitė, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Application based on Article 263 TFEU and seeking annulment of Commission Decision C(2016) 969 final of 23 February 2016, concerning the reduction in support from the Cohesion Fund for the project ‘Technical assistance for Cohesion Fund management in the Republic of Lithuania’, in so far as that decision provides for a reduction in support in the amount of EUR 137864,61 corresponding to VAT expenses.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
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            Annuls Commission Decision C(2016) 969 final of 23 February 2016, concerning the reduction in support from the Cohesion Fund for the project ‘Technical assistance for Cohesion Fund management in the Republic of Lithuania’, in so far as that decision provides for a reduction in support in the amount of EUR 137864,61 corresponding to VAT expenses;
         
      
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            Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Republic of Lithuania.
         
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      )	OJ C 251, 11.7.2016.