Keywords
Subject of the case
Operative part

Keywords

Procedure – Referral to the General Court under an arbitration clause – Jurisdiction of the Court defined exclusively by Article 238 EC and the arbitration clause (Art. 238 EC) (see paras 76-77)

2. Procedure – Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements – Brief summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based – Pleas in law not set out in the application (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 44(1)(c)) (see paras 120-123)

3. Non-contractual liability – Conditions – Unlawfulness – Violation of the principles of good administration and transparency – Raised in the context of purely contractual relations – Inadmissible save where contractual terms or the law applicable to the contract infringed (see para. 124)

4. Officials – Rights and obligations – Duty of independence and integrity – Risk of conflict of interests where there are professional relations between an official having to rule on a case and a third party involved in it – None (Staff Regulations, Art. 11 a) (see paras 130-134)

Subject of the case

Re:

ACTION brought under Articles 235 EC, 238 EC and 288 EC for an order that the Commission make good damage suffered as a result of its failure to comply with contractual obligations in the context of the performance of the EDC-53007 EEBO/27873 contract relating to the project entitled ‘e-Content Exposure and Business Opportunities’.

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Evropaïki Dynamiki – Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE to pay the costs.