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Document 62017TA0617(01)
Case T-617/17 RENV: Judgment of the General Court of 21 December 2022 — Vialto Consulting v Commission (Non-contractual liability — Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance — Investigation by OLAF — On-site inspection — Irregularities and failures allegedly committed by the Commission — Right to be heard — Non-material damage — Causal link)
Case T-617/17 RENV: Judgment of the General Court of 21 December 2022 — Vialto Consulting v Commission (Non-contractual liability — Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance — Investigation by OLAF — On-site inspection — Irregularities and failures allegedly committed by the Commission — Right to be heard — Non-material damage — Causal link)
Case T-617/17 RENV: Judgment of the General Court of 21 December 2022 — Vialto Consulting v Commission (Non-contractual liability — Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance — Investigation by OLAF — On-site inspection — Irregularities and failures allegedly committed by the Commission — Right to be heard — Non-material damage — Causal link)
OJ C 83, 6.3.2023, p. 15–15
(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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6.3.2023 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 83/15 |
Judgment of the General Court of 21 December 2022 — Vialto Consulting v Commission
(Case T-617/17 RENV) (1)
(Non-contractual liability - Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance - Investigation by OLAF - On-site inspection - Irregularities and failures allegedly committed by the Commission - Right to be heard - Non-material damage - Causal link)
(2023/C 83/16)
Language of the case: Greek
Parties
Applicant: Vialto Consulting Kft. (Budapest, Hungary) (represented by: S. Paliou and A. Skoulikis, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: D. Triantafyllou, J. Baquero Cruz and A. Katsimerou, acting as Agents)
Re:
By its action based on Article 268 TFEU, the applicant seeks compensation for the damage which it claims to have suffered as a result of the unlawful acts committed, first, by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) in the course of an inspection carried out at the applicant’s premises and, second, by the European Commission following that inspection.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Orders the European Commission to pay Vialto Consulting Kft. compensation of EUR 5 000 in respect of the non-material damage suffered; |
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Orders that the compensation to be paid to Vialto Consulting be paid with default interest, as from the delivery of the present judgment to full payment of that compensation, at the rate set by the European Central Bank (ECB) for main refinancing operations, increased by two percentage points; |
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Orders the Commission to pay the costs of the appeal proceedings before the Court of Justice in Case C-650/19 P, the costs of the initial proceedings in Case T-617/17 and the costs of the renvoi proceedings in Case T-617/17 RENV before the General Court. |