Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 6 November 2014 —
FIS’D v Commission

(Case T‑283/12)

Erasmus Mundus action programme — Framework partnership agreement — Specific grant agreement — EACEA decision to rescind the framework agreement and amend the specific agreement — Administrative appeal before the Commission — Commission decision dismissing the administrative appeal as unfounded — Infringement of the agreements and the administrative and financial manual

Actions for annulment — Grounds — Action programme for improving the quality of higher education and promoting inter-cultural comprehension through co‑operation with non-member countries (Erasmus Mundus) — Framework partnership agreement and specific grant agreement — Adoption of a decision, by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), on the termination of the framework agreement and the amendment of the specific agreement — No misuse of powers (Art. 263 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Decision 1298/2008) (see para. 113)

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment of the Commission decision of 12 April 2012 (ref. Ares (2012) 446225) dismissing the administrative appeal against the decision of the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) of 13 January 2012 by which the latter rescinded early the framework partnership agreement 2011/0181 which it had concluded with the Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria (Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Italy) and amended the specific grant agreement which it had concluded with that university.

Operative part

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders FIS’D — Formazione integrata superiore del design to bear its own costs and those of the European Commission;

3. Orders the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) to bear its own costs.