CELEX: 62019TA0543
Language: en
Date: 2021-04-14 00:00:00
Title: Case T-543/19: Judgment of the General Court of 14 April 2021 — Romania v Commission (Cohesion Fund and ERDF — Article 139(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 — Temporal application of an increased co-financing rate adopted after submission of the final application for interim payment but before acceptance of the accounts — Legitimate expectation — Obligation to state reasons — Principle of good administration)

21.6.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 242/28
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 14 April 2021 — Romania v Commission
      (Case T-543/19) (1)
      
      (Cohesion Fund and ERDF - Article 139(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 - Temporal application of an increased co-financing rate adopted after submission of the final application for interim payment but before acceptance of the accounts - Legitimate expectation - Obligation to state reasons - Principle of good administration)
      (2021/C 242/36)
      Language of the case: Romanian
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Romania (represented by: E. Gane, A. Rotăreanu and M. Chicu, acting as Agents)
      
         Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Armenia, S. Pardo Quintillán and L. Mantl, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Application based on Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment in part of Commission Decision C(2019) 4027 final of 23 May 2019 so far as concerns the acceptance of the accounts and the calculation of the amount chargeable to the Cohesion Fund and to the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for the accounting year 2017-2018 and for ‘Large Infrastructure’ Operational Programme CCI 2014RO16M1OP001, in applying a co-financing rate for Priority Axes 1 and 2 of that operational programme of 75 % and not 85 %.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Romania to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 337, 7.10.2019.