Judgment of the General Court of 16 October 2014 — Federación Española de Hostelería v EACEA
(Case T-340/13) 1
(Action for annulment — Lifelong learning programme — Contract concerning the ‘Virtual simulator for language training for tourism professionals (e-client)’ — Pre-information letter — Contractual nature of dispute — Act not subject to appeal — No reclassification of contract)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Federación Española de Hostelería (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: B. Miguelsanz Roldán, F.J. del Nogal Méndez, R. Fernández Flores and M.P. Abad Marco, lawyers)
Defendant: Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) (represented by: H. Monet and A. Jaume, Agents, assisted initially by J.L. Buendía Sierra, N. Ruiz García and A. Balcells Cartagena, then, J.L. Buendía Sierra and A. Balcells Cartagena, lawyers)
Re:
Application for annulment of the EACEA’s pre-information letter of 5 April 2013 informing the applicant that it had to reimburse EUR 181 686.11 following the audit of the ‘Virtual simulator for language training for tourism professionals (e-client)’.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action as inadmissible;
Orders the Federación Española de Hostelería to pay the costs.
________________________1 OJ C 245, 24.8.2013.