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Case T-158/24: Judgment of the General Court of 19 November 2025 – Piql v Commission (Grant agreement signed as part of the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) – Ultra-secure data storage and long-term preservation of digital and analogue data – Decision to recover part of the grant – Enforceable decision – Article 299 TFEU – Article 110 of the EEA Agreement – Eligible costs – Article 122(2)(b) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 – Article 23(5)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1290/2013 – Concepts of linked third parties and affiliated entities – Admissibility of evidence)
Case T-158/24: Judgment of the General Court of 19 November 2025 – Piql v Commission (Grant agreement signed as part of the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) – Ultra-secure data storage and long-term preservation of digital and analogue data – Decision to recover part of the grant – Enforceable decision – Article 299 TFEU – Article 110 of the EEA Agreement – Eligible costs – Article 122(2)(b) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 – Article 23(5)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1290/2013 – Concepts of linked third parties and affiliated entities – Admissibility of evidence)
Case T-158/24: Judgment of the General Court of 19 November 2025 – Piql v Commission (Grant agreement signed as part of the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) – Ultra-secure data storage and long-term preservation of digital and analogue data – Decision to recover part of the grant – Enforceable decision – Article 299 TFEU – Article 110 of the EEA Agreement – Eligible costs – Article 122(2)(b) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 – Article 23(5)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1290/2013 – Concepts of linked third parties and affiliated entities – Admissibility of evidence)
OJ C, C/2026/109, 5.1.2026, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/109/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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EN C series |
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C/2026/109 |
5.1.2026 |
Judgment of the General Court of 19 November 2025 – Piql v Commission
(Case T-158/24) (1)
(Grant agreement signed as part of the ‘Horizon 2020’ Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) - Ultra-secure data storage and long-term preservation of digital and analogue data - Decision to recover part of the grant - Enforceable decision - Article 299 TFEU - Article 110 of the EEA Agreement - Eligible costs - Article 122(2)(b) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 - Article 23(5)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1290/2013 - Concepts of ‘linked third parties’ and ‘affiliated entities’ - Admissibility of evidence)
(C/2026/109)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Piql AS (Drammen, Norway) (represented by: L. Garnes and T. Fjeldskaar, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: R. Onozó and T. Van Noyen, acting as Agents)
Re:
By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of Commission Decision C(2024) 414 final of 17 January 2024 relating to the recovery of EUR 245 161,28 plus default interest, in so far as that decision concerns the rental costs for 10 PiqlReaders which the applicant rented from Tronrud Engineering AS.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Piql AS to pay the costs. |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/109/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)