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31.7.2010 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 209/33 |
Judgment of the General Court of 17 June 2010 — CEVA v Commission
(Joined Cases T-428/07 and T-455/07) (1)
(Arbitration clause - Contracts entered into under a specific research, technological development and demonstration programme in the field of ‘Quality of life and management of living resources (1998-2002)’ - Seahealth and Biopal projects - Debit notes - Applications for annulment - Reclassification of the actions - Admissibility - Rule that the parties should be heard and rights of the defence - Recovery of all the financial contributions paid by the European Union - Serious financial irregularities)
2010/C 209/47
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Centre d'étude et de valorisation des algues SA (CEVA) (Pleubian, France) (represented by: J.-M. Peyrical, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: initially by L. Escobar Guerrero and W. Roels, then by W. Roels, acting as Agents, and E. Bouttier, lawyer)
Re:
Application for annulment, in Case T-428/07, of debit note No 3240908670 of 20 September 2007, relating to the Seahealth project and, in Case T-455/07, of debit note No 3240909271 of 4 October 2007, relating to the Biopal contract, and that the Commission be ordered to reimburse those debit notes in favour of CEVA.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the actions; |
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Orders each party to bear half of its own costs and half of the costs incurred by the other party. |