1. 

Application for interim measures — Suspension of operation of a measure — Admissibility criteria — Prima facie admissibility of the main action — Summary examination of the main action by the court hearing the application for interim measures — Measures not producing binding legal effects — Measures not capable of forming the subject-matter of an annulment action — Measures inseparable from the contractual relations existing between the Commission and the applicant — Debit note and information letters issued by the Commission constituting a mere formal notice and not having executory force — Inadmissibility (Arts 263 TFEU, 272 TFEU and 299 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156) (see paras 14-16, 23-27)

2. 

Application for interim measures — Suspension of operation of a measure — Interim measures — Conditions for granting — Serious and irreparable damage — Damage having already occurred — Reparation outside the purpose of the interim proceedings (Arts 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156) (see paras 22, 48)

3. 

Actions for annulment — Action relating in reality to a contractual dispute — Reclassification of the action — Conditions (Arts 263 TFEU and 272 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 76(d)) (see para. 28)

4. 

Application for interim measures — Suspension of operation of a measure — Admissibility criteria — Prima facie admissibility of the main action — Cumulative invocation of the contractual and non-contractual legal bases of the dispute — Inadmissibility of the application for interim relief by reason of the prima facie inadmissibility of the non-contractual aspect of the main action — Admissibility of the same application by reason of the prima facie admissibility of the contractual aspect of the main action (Arts 263 TFEU and 272 TFEU) (see paras 29-32)

5. 

Application for interim measures — Admissibility criteria — Application — Formal requirements — Vague and imprecise indication of the subject-matter of the application — Inadmissibility (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Arts 76(e) and 156(4)) (see para. 33)

6. 

Application for interim measures — Suspension of operation of a measure — Interim measures — Conditions for granting — Prima facie case — Urgency — Serious and irreparable damage — Cumulative nature — Balancing of all the interests involved — Order of examination and method of verification — Discretion of the court hearing the application for interim relief (Arts 256(1) TFEU, 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(3)) (see paras 34, 35)

7. 

Application for interim measures — Suspension of operation of a measure — Interim measures — Conditions for granting — Urgency — Serious and irreparable damage — Burden of proof — Damage foreseeable with a reasonable degree of probability (Arts 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(3)) (see para. 46)

8. 

Application for interim measures — Suspension of operation of a measure — Interim measures — Conditions for granting — Urgency — Non-material damage not capable of being better remedied at the interim stage than in the main proceedings — No urgency (Arts 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(3)) (see para. 49)

9. 

Application for interim measures — Suspension of operation of a measure — Interim measures — Conditions for granting — Urgency — Serious and irreparable damage — Burden of proof — Financial loss — Situation liable to endanger the existence of the applicant company — Assessment having regard to the situation of the group to which the undertaking and its shareholders belong — Group legally incapable of providing financial assistance — Insufficient evidence in that regard (Arts 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU) (see paras 51, 52, 56, 61, 63-65)

10. 

Application for interim measures — Suspension of operation of a measure — Interim measures — Conditions for granting — Prima facie case — Urgency — Burden of proof — Obligation to provide concrete and precise indications, supported by detailed documentary evidence, from the lodging of the application (Arts 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(3)) (see paras 53, 54, 79, 80)

11. 

Application for interim measures — Suspension of operation of a measure — Interim measures — Conditions for granting — Prima facie case — Prima facie examination of the pleas in law put forward in support of the main action (Arts 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(3)) (see para. 68)

12. 

EU budget — EU financial assistance — Obligation on the beneficiary to comply with the conditions for grant of the assistance — Financing covering only expenses actually incurred — Demonstration that the expenses actually incurred — Production of accounting documents in accordance with the technical conditions laid down for the granting of the subsidy concerned and capable of review in the context of an audit — None — Ineligible expenses (Art. 317 TFEU) (see paras 76, 77, 82)

13. 

Application for interim measures — Formal requirements — Submission of applications — Brief summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based — Insufficient explanation of the grounds constituting a prima facie case — General reference to other documents — Inadmissibility (Arts 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(3)) (see para. 79)

14. 

EU budget — EU financial assistance — Obligation on the beneficiary to comply with the conditions for grant of the assistance — Contracts concluded under a specific research, technological development and demonstration programme — Extend of EU financing in favour of a particular project — Total operating costs of the beneficiary undertaking — Not included (Art. 317 TFEU) (see para. 83)

1. 

The application for interim measures is dismissed.

2. 

The order of 18 January 2016 delivered in Case T‑10/16 R is cancelled.

3. 

Costs are reserved.