Notice for the OJ

 

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 17 March 2005

in Case T-160/03 AFCon Management Consultants and Others v Commission of the European Communities ¹

(Tacis Programme - Invitation to tender - Irregularities in the tendering procedure - Action for damages)

(Language of the case: English)

In Case T-160/03: AFCon Management Consultants, established in Bray (Ireland), Patrick Mc Mullin, resident in Bray, Seamus O'Grady, resident in Bray, represented by B. O'Connor, solicitor, and I. Carreño, lawyer, against Commission of the European Communities (Agents: J. Enegren and F. Hoffmeister, with an address for service in Luxembourg) ( application for compensation for the damage allegedly suffered as a result of irregularities in the tendering procedure for a project financed by the Tacis programme ('Project FDRUS 9902 - Agricultural extension services in South Russia') ( the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber), composed of P. Lindh, President, R. García-Valdecasas and J.D. Cooke, Judges; D. Christensen, Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 17 March 2005, in which it:

Orders the Commission to pay AFCon the sum of EUR 48 605, together with interest thereon from delivery of this judgment until full payment. The rate of interest to be applied is to be calculated on the basis of the European Central Bank's rate for its main refinancing operations, in force during the period concerned, plus two percentage points. The amount of interest is to be calculated on the basis of compound interest;

Dismisses the application as to the remainder;

Orders the Commission to pay the costs.

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¹ - OJ C 200 of 23.8.2003.