Action brought on 18 March 2024 – Piql v Commission
(Case T-158/24)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Piql AS (Drammen, Norway) (represented by: L. Garnes, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
annul decision C(2024) 414 final of 17 January 2024 adopted by the European Commission; 1
order the European Commission to pay the costs.
Pleas in law and main arguments
In support of the action, the applicant relies on a single plea in law, alleging as follows:
The above-mentioned Commission decision obliges the applicant, which is the addressee of it, to repay a specified amount, as the Commission decision concludes that certain costs claimed for an EU-funded project were ineligible. However, the applicant argues that the European Commission interpreted and applied the project’s grant agreement incorrectly when concluding that certain costs were ineligible. Thus, the applicant argues that the contentious costs were eligible and that, therefore, the contested Commission decision must be annulled, so that the European Commission can adopt a new decision based on the correct eligible costs foreseen by the grant agreement in question.
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1 Commission decision of 17 January 2024 relating to the recovery of EUR 245 161.28 (two hundred and forty-five thousand, one hundred and sixty-one euro and twenty-eight cents) plus interest due from PIQL AS.