Order of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 13 September 2017 — Germany v Commission

(Case T‑21/10)

Action for annulment — ERDF — Reduction in financial aid — Failure to comply with the time limit for adoption of a decision — Infringement of essential procedural requirements — Action manifestly well founded)

1.      Actions for annulment — Pleas in law — Infringement of essential procedural requirements — To be considered of the Court's own motion — Condition — Compliance with the principle that the parties should be heard

(Art. 263 TFEU)

(see paras 65, 66)

2.      Acts of the institutions — Temporal application — Procedural rules — Immediate entry into force

(Council Regulation No 1083/2006, Art. 100(5))

(see paras 73, 76)

Re:

ACTION on the basis of Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of Commission Decision C(2009) 9049 of 13 November 2009 reducing the assistance granted to the Single Programming Document Objective 2 Saarland (1997-1999) in the Federal Republic of Germany from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under Commission Decision C(97)1123 of 7 May 1997.

Operative part

1. Commission Decision C(2009) 9049 of 13 November 2009 reducing the assistance granted to the Single Programming Document Objective 2 Saarland (1997-1999) in the Federal Republic of Germany from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under Commission Decision C(97)1123 of 7 May 1997 is annulled.

2. The European Commission shall pay the costs.