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

(Case T‑104/10)

(Action for annulment — ERDF — Reduction in financial aid — RESIDER II programme — 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 61, 62)

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

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

(see paras 69, 72)

Re:

ACTION on the basis of Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of Commission Decision C(2009) 10561 of 18 December 2009 on the reduction of the contribution from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) granted by Commission Decision C(95) 2529 of 27 November 1995 in respect of the RESIDER II Programme Saarland (1994-1999) in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Operative part

1.      Commission Decision C(2009) 10561 of 18 December 2009 on the reduction of the contribution from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) granted by Commission Decision C(95) 2529 of 27 November 1995 in respect of the RESIDER II Programme Saarland (1994-1999) in the Federal Republic of Germany is annulled.

2.      The European Commission shall pay the costs.