Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 17 January 2007 - Greece v Commission
(Action for annulment - Common diplomatic mission in Abuja (Nigeria) - Recovery of a debt by offsetting - Regulations (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 and No 2342/2002 - Principle of good faith in public international law)
Language of the case: Greek
Parties
Applicant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: P. Mylonopoulos and V. Kyriazopoulos, Agents)
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: D. Triantafyllou and F. Dintilhac, Agents)
Re:
Claim for annulment of the act of 10 March 2004 by which the Commission proceeded to recovery by offsetting of sums due from the Hellenic Republic following its participation in building projects for the diplomatic mission of the Commission and several Member States in Abuja (Nigeria)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Orders the removal of the opinion of the Council's Legal Service of 26 June 1998, submitted by the Hellenic Republic as annex 12 to its application, from the case-file;
Dismisses the action;
Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 179, 10.7.2004 (formerly C-189/04).