Judgment of the General Court of 22 January 2019 — EKETA v Commission
(Case T-198/17) 1
(Arbitration clause — Actibio contract concluded within the context of the seventh framework programme — Eligible costs — Debit note issued by the defendant for the recovery of sums advanced — Reliability of the time records — Conflict of interests)
Language of the case: Greek
Parties
Applicant: Ethniko Kentro Erevnas kai Technologikis Anaptyxis (EKETA) (Thessaloniki, Greece) (represented by: V. Christianos and S. Paliou, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Katsimerou, A. Kyratsou and O. Verheecke, acting as Agents)
Re:
Action under Article 272 TFEU seeking a declaration, first, that the request made to the applicant by the Commission in debit note no 3241615335 of 29 November 2016 to reimburse the sum of EUR 38 241 of the payment received for a study on the Actibio project is unfounded in the amount of EUR 9 353.56, and, second, that that sum corresponds to eligible costs which the applicant is not required to reimburse.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Ethniko Kentro Erevnas kai Technologikis Anaptyxis (EKETA) to pay the costs.
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1 OJ C 151, 15.5.2017.