Judgment of the General Court of 12 May 2016 — Holistic Innovation Institute v Commission
(Case T-468/14) 1
(Financial support — Research — Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technical Development 2007-2013 — eDIGIREGION project — Commission decision refusing participation of an undertaking — Action for annulment — Time limit for bringing an action — Point from which time starts to run — Inadmissibility — Non-contractual liability — Non-material damage — Sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law conferring rights on individuals)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Holistic Innovation Institute, SLU (Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain) (represented initially by R. Muñiz García, and subsequently by J. Marín López, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: R. Lyal, acting as Agent, and J. Rivas Andrés, lawyer)
Re:
Action, first, for annulment of Commission Decision ARES (2014) 710158 of 13 March 2014 rejecting the applicant’s participation in the eDIGIREGION project under Article 263 TFEU, and, second, an action for damages, under Article 268 TFEU, for harm that the applicant allegedly suffered as a result of that decision of EUR 3 055 000 plus interest accrued and, in the alternative, the appointment of an expert to evaluate the harm suffered.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Holistic Innovation Institute SLU to pay the costs.
____________1 OJ C 292, 1.9.2014.