1. 

Judicial proceedings — General Court seised under an arbitration clause — Subsidy agreements concluded in the context of a specific programme in the area of fundamental rights and justice — Decision for extra-judicial set-off between debts and claims adopted by the Commission on the basis of Regulation No 1605/2002 — Application for annulment of that decision and a declaration that the said claims non-existent — Partial reclassification of the annulment action as an action concerning a contractual dispute — Conditions

(Arts 263 TFEU and 272 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 76(d); Council Regulation No 1605/2002)

(see paras 26-29, 31-34)

2. 

Judicial proceedings — Legal basis of an action — Choice for the applicant and not the EU judicature

(see para. 30)

3. 

Actions for annulment — Jurisdiction of the EU judicature — Claim for a declaratory judgment — Inadmissibility

(Art. 263 TFEU)

(see para. 68)

4. 

Judicial proceedings — Application initiating proceedings — Formal requirements — Identification of the subject-matter of the dispute — Brief summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based — Unambiguous wording of the form of order sought by the applicant

(Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 21; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 76(d) and (e))

(see paras 74-77)

5. 

Commission — Powers — Implementation of the EU budget — Recovery of claims by set-off — Conditions — No set-off claims linked to the same project — No prior obligation to ensure use of the funds concerned for the purposes envisaged and the realisation of the actions justifying attribution of those funds despite the set-off envisaged

(see paras 107, 108)

6. 

Acts of the institutions — Statement of reasons — Obligation — Scope — Decision taken in a context known to the addressee

(Art. 296 TFEU)

(see para. 112)

1. 

Dismisses the action;

2. 

Orders Università del Salento to pay the costs.