Order of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 13 January 2014 — Investigación y Desarrollo en Soluciones y Servicios IT v Commission

(Case T‑134/12)

Action for annulment and damages — Contracts concerning financial assistance from the European Union for research and development projects — Plea of inadmissibility — Failure to reclassify forms of order sought — Inadmissible

1.                     Judicial proceedings — Legal basis of an action — Choice for the applicant and not the EU judicature — Admissibility assessed in relation to the applicant’s choice (Art. 263 TFEU) (see paras 31-33)

2.                     Actions for annulment — Action relating in reality to a contractual dispute — No jurisdiction of the EU judicature — Inadmissibility (Art. 263 TFEU) (see paras 34, 47)

3.                     Actions for annulment — Action relating in reality to a contractual dispute — Reclassification of the action — Exclusion (Arts 263 TFEU and 272 TFEU) (see paras 48-52, 85, 86, 90)

4.                     Actions for damages — Autonomy in relation to the action for annulment — Action seeking the withdrawal of an individual decision which has become definitive — Inadmissibility (Arts 263 TFEU and 340 TFEU) (see paras 59-62)

5.                     Actions for damages — Competence of the EU judicature — Limits — Character of the liability pleaded — Verification by the court — Action involving assessment of rights and obligations of a contractual nature (Art. 340 TFEU) (see paras 73, 78, 80, 84)

6.                     Judicial proceedings — Application initiating proceedings — Formal requirements — Identification of the subject matter of the dispute — No brief summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based — Inadmissibility (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 21, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 44(1)(c)) (see paras 93-95)

Re:

APPLICATION, first, for annulment of the decision in the Commission’s letter of 13 January 2012 concerning the reimbursement of the sums mentioned in the debit notes corresponding to the financial audit to which the applicant was subject and, second, a claim in non-contractual liability seeking an order that the Commission pay damages and interest of EUR 732 768.

Operative part

1. The action is dismissed.

2. Investigación y Desarollo en Soluciones y Servicios IT S.A. is ordered to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission, including those relating to the proceedings for interim measures.