Order of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 27 August 2009 – Abouchar v Commission

(Case T-367/08)

Non‑contractual liability – EDF – Conditions for the grant and control of credits for an agricultural holding project in Senegal – Limitation period – Inadmissibility

1.                     Actions for damages – Limitation period – Point from which time starts to run (Art. 288, second para., EC; Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 46 and 53, first para.) (see paras 23-25)

2.                     Actions for damages – Limitation period – Interruption (Arts 235 EC and 288, second para., EC; Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 46 and 53, first para.) (see paras 40-41)

Re:

ACTION for damages to compensate for the material and non‑material harm allegedly suffered by the applicant as a result of alleged errors of the Commission and its agents inherent in the conditions of grant and the control of loans financed by the European Development Fund (EDF) for its agricultural holding project in Senegal.

Operative part

1.      The action is dismissed as inadmissible.

2.      Mr Michel Abouchar is ordered to pay the costs.