Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 21 September 2011 – Berliner Institut für Vergleichende Sozialforschung v Commission
(Case T-34/08)
Financial assistance paid under the Daphne II programme – Determination of the amount to be paid to the beneficiary – Erroneous assessment
1. Procedure – Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements – Brief summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based – Pleas in law not set out in the application – General reference to other documents – Inadmissibility (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 21; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 44(1)(c)) (see paras 25-26)
2. Budget of the European Communities – Community financial assistance – Obligation of the beneficiary to comply with the conditions for granting the aid – Financing covering only expenses actually incurred – Proof of the reality of the expenses declared – None – Expenses ineligible (Art. 274 EC) (see paras 45, 67)
Re:
APPLICATION for the annulment of the Commission's decision of 16 November 2007 concerning the Commission’s partial non-recognition of the costs incurred by the applicant in the context of Daphne Grant Agreement JAI/DAP/2004-2/052/W.
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Annuls the Commission’s decision of 16 November 2007 concerning its partial non-recognition of the costs incurred by Berliner Institut für Vergleichende Sozialforschung eV in the context of Daphne Grant Agreement JAI/DAP/2004-2/052/W in so far as concerns the expenses relating to items A6, A39, A40, A41, A43 and E41;
2.
Orders Berliner Institut für Vergleichende Sozialforschung to bear two thirds of its own costs and two thirds of the costs incurred by the European Commission. The Commission is ordered to bear a third of its own costs and a third of the costs incurred by Berliner Institut für Vergleichende Sozialforschung.
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