7.2.2009   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 32/33


Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 17 December 2008 — Commission v Cooperação e Desenvolvimento Regional

(Case T-174/08) (1)

(Arbitration clause - Contract for financial assistance concluded under a specific programme in the field of telematic applications of common interest - Encata Project - Reimbursement of sums advanced - Late-payment interest - Default procedure)

(2009/C 32/63)

Language of the case: Portuguese

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: M. Afonso, acting as Agent)

Defendant: Cooperação e Desenvolvimento Regional, SA (Setúbal, Portugal)

Re:

Action under Article 238 EC seeking an order that the defendant reimburse part of the amount advanced by the European Community, together with late-payment interest, under contract SU 1001 (SU) Encata.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Orders Cooperação e Desenvolvimento Regional, SA to reimburse to the Commission of the European Communities the sum of EUR 63 349,27, together with late-payment interest:

at the rate of 6.29 % per annum from 31 January 2001 to the date of the present judgment;

at the annual rate applied under Irish law, that is to say, currently Article 26 of the Debtors (Ireland) Act 1840, as amended, up to the rate of 6.29 % per annum from the date of the present judgment to full clearance of the debt;

2.

Orders Cooperação e Desenvolvimento Regional to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 183, 19.7.2008.