Order of the General Court of 19 November 2020 — Comune di Stintino v Commission

(Case T-174/20) (1)

(Action for annulment - Grant agreement in the framework of the funding instrument for the environment (LIFE+) - Debit Note - Act which is part of a purely contractual framework and from which it is inseparable - Preparatory act - Inadmissibility)

(2021/C 28/80)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Comune di Stintino (Italy) (represented by: G. Machiavelli, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: N. De Dominicis, Agent)

Re:

Application brought under Article 263 TFEU for the annulment of the alleged decision set out in the letter Ares(2020) 734033 of the Commission, of 5 February 2020, on the reduction of the grant awarded to the applicant under the LIFE10 NAT/IT/244 project and on the repayment of the excess sum already paid; of Debit Note No 3242002652 of the Commission, of 24 February 2020, requesting that the applicant pay it EUR 447 078,63; of the alleged decision set out in the letter Ares(2019) 6551262 of the Commission, of 23 October 2019, relating to the proportion of the ineligible costs; and of all preliminary, consequential or connected acts or measures.

Operative part of the order

1.	The action is dismissed as inadmissible.

2.	The Comune di Stintino shall pay the costs.

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(1)  OJ C 175, 25.5.2020.