Judgment of the General Court of 17 October 2012 - Commission v EU Research Projects
(Case T-220/10)
(Arbitration clause - Contract concluded in the framework of the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration on a 'User-friendly information society' - Withdrawal from the project - Reimbursement of part of the amount advanced by the Commission - Default interest - Procedure by default)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: European Commission (represented by: N. Bambara and A.-M. Rouchaud-Joët, acting as Agents, assisted by C. Erkelens, lawyer)
Defendant: EU Research Projects Ltd (Hungerford, United Kingdom)
Re:
Action under Article 272 TFEU seeking an order that the defendant reimburse part of the amount advanced by the Commission, together with default interest, under contract IST 2001-34850.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Orders EU Research Projects Ltd to repay to the European Commission the sum of EUR 102 039.32, plus accrued default interest calculated at the rate of 4.80% per annum from 29 December 2006 until the date of full payment of the amount due;
Orders EU Research Projects Ltd to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 209, 31.7.2010.