Order of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 13 September 2017 — Germany v Commission

(Case T‑116/10)

(Action for annulment — ERDF — Reduction of financial assistance — North Rhine-Westphalia Programme — Failure to comply with the time-limit for adopting a decision — Infringement of essential procedural requirements — Action manifestly well founded)

1.      Actions for annulment — Pleas in law — Infringement of essential procedural requirements — To be considered of the Court’s own motion — Condition — Compliance with the principle that the parties should be heard

(Art. 263 TFEU)

(see paras 60, 61)

2.      Acts of the institutions — Temporal application — Procedural rules — Immediate entry into force

(Council Regulation No 1083/2006, Art. 100(5))

(see paras 68, 71)

Re:

APPLICATION based on Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of Commission Decision C(2009) 10675 of 23 December 2009 reducing the assistance granted to the Objective 2 North Rhine-Westphalia Programme (1997-1999) in the Federal Republic of Germany from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under Commission Decision C(97)1120 of 7 May 1997.

Operative part

1. Commission Decision C(2009) 10675 of 23 December 2009 reducing the assistance granted to the Objective 2 North Rhine-Westphalia Programme (1997-1999) in the Federal Republic of Germany from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under Commission Decision C(97)1120 of 7 May 1997 is annulled.

2. The European Commission is ordered to pay the costs.