Notice for the OJ

 

Action brought on 26 July 2004 by Maison de l'Europe Avignon Méditerranée against the Commission of the European Communities

(Case T-302/04)

Language of the case: French

An action against the Commission of the European Communities was brought before the Court of First Instance of the European Communities on 26 July 2004 by Maison de l'Europe Avignon Méditerranée, established in Avignon (France), represented by François Martineau, lawyer.

The applicant claims that the Court should:

order the Commission to pay the sum of EUR 394 066.76 in respect of its failure to perform its financial obligations to the Maison de l'Europe Avignon Méditerranée;

-    order the Commission to pay the entirety of the recoverable costs the amount of which is fixed in the sum of EUR 10 000.

Pleas in law and main arguments:

According to the applicant, the Commission had since 1996 informally allowed the applicant to set up an Info Point Europe. In 2000, the applicant entered into an agreement with the Commission for the creation of an Info Point Europe, in the applicant's view thereby formalising the situation. In 2004, the agreement was terminated by the Commission.

By this action, the applicant seeks to have the Commission held contractually liable in order to obtain payment for the supplies rendered by the applicant since 1996 in the context of its task as a European information centre for the Commission.

According to the applicant, the Commission has breached its contractual obligations and is liable for interest for late payment, for services rendered during the festival of Avignon and for the cost of running a European documentation centre since 1996.

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