CELEX: 62016TA0477
Language: en
Date: 2018-10-24 00:00:00
Title: Case T-477/16: Judgment of the General Court of 24 October 2018 — Epsilon International v Commission (Arbitration clause — Contracts concluded under the Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-2013) — Interest in bringing proceedings — Eligible costs — Suspension of payment — Application for annulment — Decision to register the applicant in the central database of the Early Detection and Exclusion System (EDES) — Act not open to challenge — Inadmissibility)

10.12.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 445/15
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 24 October 2018 — Epsilon International v Commission
      (Case T-477/16) (1)
      
      ((Arbitration clause - Contracts concluded under the Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-2013) - Interest in bringing proceedings - Eligible costs - Suspension of payment - Application for annulment - Decision to register the applicant in the central database of the Early Detection and Exclusion System (EDES) - Act not open to challenge - Inadmissibility))
      (2018/C 445/19)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Epsilon International SA (Marousi, Greece) (represented by: D. Bogaert and A. Guillerme, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Estrada de Solà, A. Katsimerou and A. Kyratsou, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Application, first, under Article 272 TFEU for a declaration (i) that the amounts paid by the Commission under the Briseide, i-SCOPE and Smart-Islands grant agreements constitute eligible costs; (ii) that the Commission’s decisions to suspend payments in respect of the i-Locate, eENV-Plus, GeoSmartCity and c-Space projects are unfounded; (iii) that the Commission’s unlawful conduct caused damage to the applicant; and, second, (i) under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of the decision of the Commission of 17 June 2016 (Ares (2016) 2835215) registering EPSILON in the Early Detection and Exclusion System (EDES) database and (ii) under Article 268 TFEU for the award of compensation in respect of the damage allegedly suffered by the applicant as a result of that act.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Epsilon International SA to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 402, 31.10.2016.