Official Journal of the European Union

C 280/35

(Case T-543/17) (*)

(Arbitration clause - Syrian Healthcare Loan Agreement No 21595 - Non-performance of the agreement - Repayment of the sums advanced - Default interest - Procedure by default)

(2019/C 280/50)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: European Investment Bank (represented initially by P. Chamberlain, T. Gilliams, F. Oxangoiti Briones and J. Shirran, and subsequently by F. Oxangoiti Briones, J. Klein and J. Shirran, acting as Agents, and D. Arts, lawyer, and T. Cusworth, Solicitor)

Defendant: Syrian Arab Republic

Re:

Action pursuant to Article 272 TFEU, seeking an order that the Syrian Arab Republic repay sums due under Syrian Healthcare Loan Agreement No 21595, plus default interest.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.Orders the Syrian Arab Republic to repay the European Union, represented by the European Investment Bank (EIB) the sums of EUR 62 646 209,04 and 3 582 381,15 US dollars (USD);

2.Declares that those sums are to bear default interest, in accordance with the method laid down in Article 3.02 of Syrian Healthcare loan agreement No 21595, entered into by the EIB and the Syrian Arab Republic on 15 June 2002 and amended on 17 October and 29 November 2007, on the principal amounts and on the contractual interest, from 9 August 2017 until the date that payment is made;

3.Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

4.Orders the Syrian Arab Republic to pay the costs.

(*) Language of the case: English.

OJ C 369, 30.10.2017.