Judgment of the General Court of 11 June 2019 — Frank v Commission

(Case T-478/16) (1)

(Research and technological development - Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) - Calls for proposals and related activities under the ERC Work Programme for the year 2016 - ERCEA decision rejecting a grant application as ineligible - Administrative appeal before the Commission - Implied rejection decision - Inadmissible in part - Express rejection decision - Right to effective judicial protection)

(2019/C 263/42)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Regine Frank (Bonn, Germany) (represented by: S. Conrad, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: R. Lyal, L. Mantl and B. Conte, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application brought under Article 270 TFEU, seeking annulment, first, of the Commission’s decision of 17 June 2016 and, secondly, of the Commission’s decision of 16 September 2016, which respectively rejected, implicitly and explicitly, the applicant’s administrative appeal pursuant to Article 22(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 of 19 December 2002 laying down the statute for executive agencies to be entrusted with certain tasks in the management of Community programmes (OJ 2003 L 11, p. 1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Dismisses the action;

2.	Orders each party to bear its own costs.

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(1)  OJ C 475, 19.12.2016.