Order of the General Court of 27 October 2017 —Netherlands v Commission
(Case T-119/10) 1
(Actions for annulment — ERDF — Reduction of financial assistance — Programme Interreg II/C ‘Rhine-Meuse flood protection’ — Non-compliance with the period prescribed for the adoption of a decision — Infringement of essential procedural requirements — Action manifestly well founded)
Language of the case: Dutch
Parties
Applicant: Kingdom of the Netherlands (initially by Y. de Vries, J. Langer and C. Wissels, and subsequently by J. Langer and M. Bulterman and B. Koopman, Agents)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: W. Roels and A. Steiblytė, Agents)
Interveners in support of the applicant: Kingdom of Belgium (represented: initially by M. Jacobs and T. Materne, and subsequently by M. Jacobs and J.-C. Halleux, Agents) and by French Republic (represented: initially by G. de Bergues and B. Messmer, and subsequently by J. Bousin and D. Colas, Agents)
Parties
Application pursuant to Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of Commission Decision C(2009) 10712 of 23 December 2009 on the reduction in the financial assistance granted to the Rhine-Meuse flood protection programme under Community initiative programme Interreg II/C in the Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) pursuant to Commission Decision C(97) 3742 of 18 December 1997 (ERDF No 970010008).
Operative part of the order
Commission Decision C(2009) 10712 of 23 December 2009 on the reduction in the financial assistance granted to the Rhine-Meuse flood protection programme under Community initiative programme Interreg II/C in the Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) pursuant to Commission Decision C(97) 3742 of 18 December 1997 (ERDF No 970010008) is annulled in so far as it concerns the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The European Commission is ordered to pay its own costs and pay those incurred by the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The Kingdom of Belgium and the French Republic are ordered to bear their own costs.
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1 OJ C 113, 1.5.2010.