Judgment of the General Court of 22 April 2015 — Planet v Commission

(Case T-320/09) ¹

(Protection of the financial interests of the Union — Early warning system (EWS) enabling identification of the level of risk associated with contractors — OLAF enquiry into the performance of a public contract concerning an institutional modernisation project in Syria — Decisions to activate W1a and W1b warnings — Legal basis — Fundamental rights — Obligation to state reasons)

Language of the case: Greek

Parties

Applicant: Planet AE Anonymi Etairia Parochis Simvouleftikon Ipiresion (Athens, Greece) (represented by: V. Christianos, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: D. Triantafyllou and F. Dintilhac, Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the decisions of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) requesting the applicant’s registration in the early warning system (‘EWS’), by activation initially of a W1a warning and subsequently of a W1b warning.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Annuls the decisions of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) requesting the registration of Planet AE Anonymi Etairia Parochis Simvouleftikon Ipiresion in the early warning system (EWS), and those of the European Commission concerning the activation of a W1a warning and a W1b warning concerning that undertaking;

Orders the Commission to pay the costs.

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¹ OJ C 267, 7.11.2009.