Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2016 — ENAC v INEA

(Case T-695/13) ¹

(Financial aid — Projects of common interest in the field of trans-European transport and energy networks — Realisation of a study for the intermodal development of Bergamo-Orio al Serio Airport — Determination of the final amount of the financial aid — Ineligible costs — Error of law — Obligation to state reasons)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Ente nazionale per l’aviazione civile (ENAC) (Rome, Italy) (represented by: G. Palmieri and P. Garofoli, avvocati dello Stato)

Defendant: Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (represented by: I. Ramallo, D. Silhol and Z. Szilvássy, acting as Agents, and by M. Merola, M. C. Santacroce and L. Armati, lawyers)

Intervener in support of the applicant: Società per l’aeroporto civile di Bergamo-Orio al Serio SpA (SACBO SpA) (Grassobbio, Italy) (represented by: M. Muscardini, G. Greco and G. Carullo, lawyers)

Re:

Application based on Article 263 TFEU and seeking annulment of the letters of 18 March and 23 October 2013 of the Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency (TEN-TEA), now INEA, relating to certain costs incurred on the occasion of the completion of a feasibility study for the intermodal nature of the Bergame-Orio al Serio airport (Italy) following the financial assistance granted by the European Commission to the applicant.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the action;

Orders the Ente nazionale per l’aviazione civile (ENAC, the National civil aviation authority, Italy) to pay the costs.

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¹ OJ C 52, 22.2.2014.