Judgment of the General Court of 13 July 2011 - Greece v Commission
(ERDF - Reduction of financial assistance - Operational programme falling within Objective No 1 (1994-1999), 'Accessibility and Trunk roads' in Greece - Delegation of auxiliary tasks by the Commission to third parties - Rate of financial correction - Commission discretion - Review by the courts)
Language of the case: Greek
Parties
Applicant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: initially M. Tassopoulou, agent, assisted by C. Meïdanis and E. Lampadarios, lawyers, then P. Mylonopoulos and K. Boskovits, agents, assisted by G. Michailopoulos, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Steiblytė and D. Triantafyllou, agents)
Re:
Action for annulment of Commission Decision C (2008) 8573 of 15 December 2008 reducing the financial assistance of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) granted to Greece, amounting to EUR 30 104 470.47 in respect of the operational programme 'Accessibility and Trunk Roads' by Commission Decision C (94) 3579 of 16 December 1994, authorising financial assistance from the ERDF.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls Commission Decision C (2008) 8573 of 15 December 2008 reducing the financial assistance of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) granted to Greece in so far as it provides, first, a correction amounting to EUR 506 303 in respect of the project 'Isthmos - Galota' and, second, a correction amounting to EUR 684 343 in respect of the project 'Polymylos crossroads' (contract 928)';
Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
Orders the Hellenic Republic to bear its own costs and 80 % of the costs incurred by the European Commission;
Orders the European Commission to bear 20% of its own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 129, 6.6.2009.