CELEX: C2003/112/85
Language: en
Date: 2003-05-10 00:00:00
Title: Case T-100/03: Action brought on 14 March 2003 by Maison de l'Europe Avignon-Méditerranée against the Commission of the European Communities

C 112/46               EN                         Official Journal of the European Union                                         10.5.2003
Action brought on 14 March 2003 by Maison de l’Europe                     —     that the Commission, by encouraging the expansion of
Avignon-Méditerranée against the Commission of the                              actions and by making late payment (one and a half
                    European Communities                                        years) of the amounts granted, in particular to the MEAM,
                                                                                undermined the position of the latter. Consequently, by
                                                                                adopting the contested decision, the defendant appears
                         (Case T-100/03)                                        to have avoided discussion which, doubtless, would have
                                                                                shown it to be partially responsible for MEAM’s alleged
                                                                                shortcomings; such a discussion is nevertheless essential
                        (2003/C 112/85)                                         and must precede any decision to terminate the activities
                                                                                of an IPE.
                   (Language of the case: French)
                                                                          The applicant also alleges failure to provide a statement of
                                                                          reasons.
An action against the Commission of the European Communi-
ties was brought before the Court of First Instance of the                (1 ) Not yet published.
European Communities on 14 March 2003 by Maison de
l’Europe Avignon-Méditerranée (MEAM), established in
Avignon (France), represented by François Martineau, lawyer.
The applicant claims that the Court should:
—     annul the decision of 24 January 2003 of the Commission             Action brought on 14 March 2003 by Centro Informativo
      of the European Communities terminating the agreement               per la collaborazione tra le imprese e la promozione degli
      on the setting up of an Info-Point Europe (IPE) in                  investimenti in Sicilia — CIS — in liquidation against the
      Avignon, signed on 23 October 2000;                                          Commission of the European Communities
—     order the defendant to pay the ‘recoverable costs’ in their
                                                                                                   (Case T-102/03)
      entirety.
                                                                                                   (2003/C 112/86)
Pleas in law and main arguments                                                               (Language of the case: Italian)
The applicant association in the present case is the same one
as in Case T-43/03 Maison de l’Europe Avignon-Méditer-                    An action against the Commission of the European Communi-
ranée (1). The present action is directed against the termination
                                                                          ties was brought before the Court of First Instance of the
by the Commission of the agreement entered into with the                  European Communities on 14 March 2003 by Centro
applicant on the setting-up of an Info-Point Europe (IPE).
                                                                          Informativo per la collaborazione tra le imprese e la promo-
                                                                          zione degli investimenti in Sicilia — CIS — in liquidation,
                                                                          represented by Andrea Scuderi and Giorgia Motta, lawyers.
The termination at issue of the agreement in question is
based cumulatively on an alleged ‘loss of confidence’ by the
Commission in the applicant and on certain provisions of the              The applicant claims that the Court should:
new financial regulation.
                                                                          —     annul the contested decision
In support of its claims, the applicant alleges:
                                                                          —     order the Commission to pay the costs.
—     error of law in the present case, inasmuch as the grounds
      for the conduct at issue were not among those which
      could validly justify its adoption under the applicable
      provisions. Neither the agreement in question, Annex I              Pleas in law and main arguments
      thereto on the statutes of the IPE, nor the new financial
      regulation provide for termination of an agreement on
      the setting-up of an IPE in the event that the Commission           The present application has been brought against the decision
      loses confidence in the other party.                                of the Commission of 15 November 2002 C(2002) 4155