Order of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 1 October 2013 —
Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission

(Case T‑554/11)

Action for annulment — Financing by the European Union of certain projects in Tunisia, in the framework of the EuropeAid programme — Development of an integrated IT system for the Tunisian judiciary — Recovery by the Commission of debts payable to Tunisia by a third party — Debit note — Acts inseparable from the contract — Act not open to challenge — Inadmissibility

1.                     Actions for annulment — Action relating in reality to a contractual dispute — Exercise of contractual rights by an institution, in the name of and on behalf of one of the parties to the contract — No jurisdiction of the EU judicature — Inadmissibility (Arts 263 TFEU and 288 TFEU) (see paras 29, 30, 35)

2.                     Actions for annulment — Actionable measures — Concept — Measures producing binding legal effects — Debit note of an institution noting an existing debt and without executory force — Not included (Arts 263 TFEU and 299 TFEU; Council Regulation No 1605/2002, Arts 71(2), and 72(2); Commission Regulation No 2342/2002, Art. 78(3)) (see paras 36-38)

3.                     Judicial proceedings — Application initiating proceedings — Formal requirements — Statement of the forms of order sought — No clear and precise formulation — Inadmissibility (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 21; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 44(1)(d)) (see para. 45)

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment of the Commission’s decision refusing to settle sums allegedly payable and requiring repayment of the sum of EUR 281 270.00 paid in the framework of the implementation of the contract EuropeAid/124378/D/SER/TN (No 2007/145-464), communicated to the applicant by letter dated 8 August 2011 (C&F/2011/D/001101), and also of debit note 3241108036, received by the applicant on 17 August 2011, and of all the Commission’s related decisions.

Operative part

1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible.

2. Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE, in addition to bearing its own costs, is ordered to pay the costs incurred by the European Commission.