Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 19 November 2008 - Commission v Premium

(Case T-316/06) ¹

(Arbitration clause - Contracts entered into under a specific research and technological development programme in the field of information technology - Repayment of part of the advance payment made by the Community - Default interest)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: E. Montaguti, acting as Agent, assisted by J.-L. Fagnart and F. Longfils, lawyers)

Defendant: Premium SA (Le Roeulx, Belgium) (represented by: S. Bertouille and D. Joos de ter Beerst, lawyers)

Re:

Action under Article 238 EC claiming that the defendant should be ordered to repay part of the advance payments made by the Community, together with default interest, because of failure to comply with certain contractual obligations

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

orders Premium SA to pay to the Commission the principal sum of EUR 57 605.74, together with default interest:

at the rate of 3.36% per annum for the period from 1 October to 31 December 1998;

at the rate of 3.47% per annum for the period from 1 January to 31 December 1999;

at the rate of 2.74% per annum for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2000;

at the rate of 4.26% per annum for the period from 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2002;

at the rate of 3.29% per annum for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2003;

at the rate of 2.27% per annum for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2004;

at the rate of 2.05% per annum for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2005;

at the rate of 2.11% per annum for the period from 1 January 2006 to the date of the present judgment;

at the rate applicable under French law for the period from the date of the present judgment to that of final settlement of the principal sum;

orders Premium to pay to the Commission the principal sum of EUR 30 988.74, together with default interest:

at the rate of 3.95% per annum for the period from 1 October to 31 December 1998;

at the rate of 2.85% per annum for the period from 1 January to 31 December 1999;

at the rate of 3.6% per annum for the period from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2001;

at the rate of 2.95% per annum for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2002;

at the rate of 2.15% per annum for the period from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2004;

at the rate of 2.4% per annum for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2005;

at the rate of 2.5% per annum for the period from 1 January 2006 to the date of the present judgment;

at the rate applicable under Danish law for the period from the date of the present judgment to that of final settlement of the principal sum;

orders Premium to pay the costs.

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¹ - OJ C 326, 30.12.2006.