Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2012 -Germany v Commission
(Case T-265/08)
(ERDF - Reduction of financial assistance - Operational programme falling within Objective 1 (1994-1999), concerning the Land Thüringen (Germany))
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: M. Lumma, T. Henze, C. Blaschke and K. Petersen, acting as Agents, assisted by U. Karpenstein, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Steiblytė and B. Conte, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the applicant: Kingdom of Spain (represented: initially by J.M. Rodríguez Cárcamo, subsequently by N. Díaz Abad and J.M. Rodríguez Cárcamo, and finally by A. Rubio González, acting as Agents), French Republic (represented by: G. de Bergues and N. Rouam, acting as Agents), Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: C. Wissels, Y. de Vries, B. Koopman, M. Bulterman and J. Langer, acting as Agents)
Re:
Action for annulment of Commission Decision C(2008) 1690 final of 30 April 2008 reducing the financial assistance granted from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to the Operational Programme in the Objective 1 area of Land Thüringen (Germany) (1994-1999), in accordance with Commission Decision C(94)1939/5 of 5 August 1994
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;
Orders the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands to bear their own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 223, 30.8.2008.