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

(Case T‑97/09)

(Actions for annulment — FEDER — 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 71, 72)

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

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

(see paras 79, 87)

Application for

ACTION on the basis of Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of Commission Decision C(2008) 8465 final of 19 December 2008 on the reduction of the assistance from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for an operational programme in the Objective 1 region of the Land of Saxony in the Federal Republic of Germany (1994-1999) in accordance with Commission Decision C(94) 1939/4 of 5 August 1994, Commission Decision C(94) 2273/4 of 22 August 1994 and Commission Decision C(94) 1425 of 6 September 1994.

Operative part

1. Commission Decision C(2008) 8465 final of 19 December 2008 on the reduction of the assistance from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for an operational programme in the Objective 1 region of the Land of Saxony in the Federal Republic of Germany (1994-1999) in accordance with Commission Decision C(94) 1939/4 of 5 August 1994, Commission Decision C(94) 2273/4 of 22 August 1994 and Commission Decision C(94) 1425 of 6 September 1994 is annulled.

2. The European Commission shall bear its own costs and pay the costs incurred by the Federal Republic of Germany.

3. The Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of the Netherlands shall bear their own costs.