Judgment of the General Court of 21 November 2012 - Germany v Commission
(Case T-270/08)
(ERDF - Reduction in financial assistance - Operational programme falling under Objective No 1 (1994-1999) for Berlin (East) (Germany))
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: M. Lumma, T. Henze and C. Blaschke, acting as Agents, and C. von Donat, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Steiblytė and B. Conte, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the applicant: Kingdom of Spain (represented initially by: J. Rodríguez Cárcamo and N. Díaz Abad and subsequently by: A. Rubio Gonzáles, abogados del Estado); Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: C. Wissels, Y. de Vries, B. Koopman, M. Bulterman and J. Langer, acting as Agents); and French Republic (represented by: G. de Bergues and N. Rouam, acting as Agents)
Re:
Annulment of Commission Decision C(2008) 1615 final of 29 April 2008 reducing the financial contribution under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) initially granted for the Operational Programme falling under Objective 1 (1994-1999) for Berlin (East) in the Federal Republic of Germany
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission;
Orders the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands to bear their own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 247, 27.9.2008.