Order of the President of the General Court of 8 January 2014 – Stichting Sona and Nao v Commission

(Case T-505/13 R)

(Interim measures – Arrangements for the association of overseas countries and territories – 10th European Development Fund – Implementing rules – Netherlands Antilles – Application for suspension of implementation – Application for interim measures – Whether admissible)

Language of the case: Dutch

Parties

Applicants: Stichting Sona (Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles) and Nao NV (Curaçao) (represented by: R. Martens, K. Beirnaert and A. Van Vaerenbergh, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. van Beek, G. Wils and S. Pardo Quintillán, Agents)

Re:

Application (i) for suspension of the implementation of the Commission’s decision to designate International Management Group as the body to which powers are delegated in the context of the indirect centralised management of resources required to implement the single programming document for the Netherlands Antilles under the 10th European Development Fund and (ii) requesting the General Court provisionally to order the Commission to enter into negotiations with the applicants in good faith with a view to concluding a delegation agreement entrusting Stichting Sona with the tasks for the implementation of the 10th European Development Fund concerning the Netherlands Antilles, pending publication of the final report of the European Anti-Fraud Office following the investigation of the drainage project on the island of Bonaire.

Operative part of the order

1.    The application for interim measures is dismissed.

2.    The costs are reserved.