Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2013 – Berliner Institut für Vergleichende Sozialforschung v Commission

(Case T-171/08) ¹

(European Refugee Fund – Action to raise awareness and disseminate information concerning refugees who are victims of psychological trauma – ‘Traumatised refugees in the European Union: institutions, protection mechanisms and good practice’ project – Payment of the balance – Obligation to state reasons – Principle of sound administration – Error of assessment)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Berliner Institut für Vergleichende Sozialforschung eV (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: initially U. Claus, then C. Otto, S. Reichmann and L.0J. Schmidt, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: initially S. Grünheid and B. Simon, then S. Grünheid, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the Commission decision, enclosed in the letter of 7 March 2008, concerning the Commission’s partial non-recognition of the costs incurred by the applicant in the context of Grant Agreement JAI/2004/ERF/073 relating to Community financing of an action to raise awareness and disseminate information concerning refugees who are victims of psychological trauma.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismissses the application;

Orders the Berliner Institut für Vergleichende Sozialforschung eV to pay the costs.

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¹ OJ C 171, 5.7.2008.