Order of the President of the General Court of 21 July 2017 — Argus Security Projects v EEAS

(Case T-131/17 R)

((Interim measures - EEAS - Recovery by offsetting - Application for interim measures - Financial loss - Duty of care - No urgency))

(2017/C 293/43)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Argus Security Projects Ltd (Limassol, Cyprus) (represented by: T. Bontinck and A. Guillerme, lawyers)

Defendant: European External Action Service (EEAS) (represented by: S. Marquardt, acting as Agent, and by B. Allemeersch, W. De Meester and G. Scraeyen, lawyers)

Re:

Application on the basis of Articles 278 and 279 TFEU seeking the grant of interim measures ordering, first, the suspension of operation of the Commission’s offsetting decisions, acting on behalf of the accounting officer of the EEAS, of the respective amounts of EUR 100 600, EUR 41 522 and EUR 52 600 (decisions communicated on 15 March 2017), EUR 58 924 (decision communicated on 7 April 2017) and EUR 41 422 (decision communicated on 19 April 2017) and, secondly, an injunction against EEAS adopting any further offsetting decision against the applicant pending delivery of a final judgment concerning the dispute related to the performance of the framework contract 2008/14/SEC/RELEX/K8, pending before the Court of First Instance of Brussels (Belgium).

Operative part of the order