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(Case T-457/20) (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">1</span>)
(Arbitration clause - ‘Horizon 2020 — Framework Programme for Research and Innovation’ (2014-2020) - Grant Agreement ‘Personalised Tissue-Engineered Veins as the first Cure for Patients with Chronic Venous Insufficiency — P TEV’ - Unforeseen subcontracting costs - Simplified approval procedure - Subcontracting mentioned in the periodic technical reports - Approved periodic technical reports - Eligible costs)
(2022/C 359/75)
Language of the case: English
Applicant: VeriGraft AB (Gothenburg, Sweden) (represented by: P. Hansson and M. Persson, lawyers)
Defendant: European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (Eismea) (represented by: A. Galea, acting as Agent, and by D. Waelbroeck and A. Duron, lawyers)
By its action based on Article 272 TFEU, the applicant, VeriGraft AB, seeks a declaration: (i) that the subcontracting costs rejected by the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) constitute eligible costs under the Grant Agreement relating to the project ‘Personalised Tissue-Engineered Veins as the first Cure for Patients with Chronic Venous Insufficiency — P-TEV’, with reference 778620; (ii) that debit note No 3242004635 issued by EASME in the amount of EUR 106 928,74 is unfounded; and (iii) that the recovery of the sum of EUR 109 230,19 from the guarantee fund set up by the Grant Agreement is also unfounded.
The Court:
1.Upholds VeriGraft AB’s request seeking a declaration that the subcontracting costs rejected by the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in the amount of EUR 258 588,80 constitute eligible costs under the Grant Agreement ‘Personalised Tissue-Engineered Veins as the first Cure for Patients with Chronic Venous Insufficiency — P-TEV’, with reference 778620;
2.Upholds VeriGraft’s request seeking a declaration that debit note No 3242004635, issued by the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in the amount of EUR 106 928,74, is unfounded;
3.Upholds VeriGraft’s request seeking a declaration that the recovery of the sum of EUR 109 230,19 from the guarantee fund set up by the Grant Agreement ‘Personalised Tissue-Engineered Veins as the first Cure for Patients with Chronic Venous Insufficiency — P-TEV’, with reference 778620, is unfounded;
4.Orders the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (Eismea) to pay the costs.
* Language of the case: English.
OJ C 297, 7.9.2020.
ECLI:EU:C:2022:140