Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 9 September 2008 - Germany v Commission
(Case T-349/06, T-371/06, T-14/07, T-15/07 and in Case T-332/07) 1 (ERDF - Reduction of financial assistance - Change in the financing plan without the consent of the Commission - Concept of significant change - Article 24 of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 - Actions for annulment)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: M. Lumma and, in Cases T-349/06, T-371/06, T-14/07 and T-15/07, also by C. Schulze-Bahr, Agents, assisted by C. von Donat, lawyer)
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: G. Wilms and L. Flynn, Agents)
Re:
ACTION for the annulment of Decisions C (2006) 4193 final and C (2006) 4194 final of 25 September 2006, Decisions C (2006) 5163 final and C (2006) 5164 final of 3 November 2006 and Decision C (2007) 2619 final of 25 June 2007 reducing the financial assistance from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for Objective 2 1997 - 1999 of the RESIDER - Nordrhein-Westfalen Operational Programme 1994 - 1999, for the Operational Programmes for Nordrhein-Westfalen in the framework of the common SME (small and medium-sized enterprises) and RECHAR II initiatives, and for the Operational Programme for Community structural assistance in the Objective 2 regions of Land Nordrhein-Westfalen for the period 1994 - 1996 respectively.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Joins Case T-332/07 to Cases T-349/06, T-371/06, T-14/07 and T-15/07 for the purposes of the judgment;
Dismisses the actions;
Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 20, 27.1.2007.