Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 16 July 2020 — ADR Center SpA v European Commission

(Case C-584/17 P) (1)

(Appeal - Arbitration clause - Grant agreements concluded in the context of the Specific Programme ‘Civil Justice’ for the period 2007-2013 - Audit reports questioning the eligibility of certain costs - European Commission decision to recover unduly paid sums - Article 299 TFEU - Power of the Commission to adopt an enforceable decision within contractual relationships - Jurisdiction of the EU judicature - Effective judicial protection)

(2020/C 297/04)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Appellant: ADR Center SpA (represented by: A. Guillerme and T. Bontinck, avocats)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: J. Estrada de Solà and A. Katsimerou, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Dismisses the appeal;

2.	Orders ADR Center SpA to bear, in addition to two thirds of its own costs, two thirds of the costs incurred by the European Commission;

3.	Orders the European Commission to bear, in addition to one third of its own costs, one third of the costs incurred by ADR Center SpA.

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(1)  OJ C 5, 8.1.2018.