CELEX: C2007/095/13
Language: en
Date: 2007-04-28 00:00:00
Title: Case C-289/05: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 March 2007 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Rovaniemen hallinto-oikeus (Finland)) — Länsstyrelson i Norrbottens län v Lapin liitto (Regulation (EC) No 1685/2000 — Annex — Point 1.8 of Rule No 1 — Structural Funds — Eligibility of expenditure — Taking into account of overheads)

28.4.2007   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 95/8
            
         Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 March 2007 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Rovaniemen hallinto-oikeus (Finland)) — Länsstyrelson i Norrbottens län v Lapin liitto
   (Case C-289/05) (1)
   
   (Regulation (EC) No 1685/2000 - Annex - Point 1.8 of Rule No 1 - Structural Funds - Eligibility of expenditure - Taking into account of overheads)
   (2007/C 95/13)
   Language of the case: Finnish
   Referring court
   Rovaniemen hallinto-oikeus
   Parties to the main proceedings
   
      Applicant: Länsstyrelson i Norrbottens län
   
      Defendant: Lapin liitto
   Re:
   Reference for a preliminary ruling — Rovaniemen hallinto-oikeus — Interpretation of Point 1.7 of Rule No 1 in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1685/2000 of 28 July 2000 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 as regards eligibility of expenditure of operations co-financed by the Structural Funds (OJ 2000 L 193, p. 39) — Taking into account of overheads
   Operative part of the judgment
   Point 1.8 of Rule No 1 in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1685/2000 of 28 July 2000 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 as regards eligibility of expenditure of operations co-financed by the Structural Funds, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 448/2004 of 10 March 2004, does not preclude a method of calculating overheads as eligible expenditure for the purposes of a project co-financed by the Structural Funds, on the sole ground that the method is based on a percentage or proportion, in particular, of wage costs or time worked.
   
      (1)  OJ C 271, 29.10.2005.