Official Journal of the European Union

C 431/41

(Case T-425/21)

(2021/C 431/49)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: eSlovensko Bratislava (Bratislava-Staré Mesto, Slovakia) (represented by: B. Fridrich, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

—annul Commission Implementing Decision C(2020)7415 final of 21 October 2020 amending Implementing Decision C(2018)6712 on the selection and award of grants under the Connecting Europe Facility in the sector of Telecommunication (annex No. 1), delivered to eSlovensko Bratislava on 10 May 2021 by email;

—order the Commission to reimburse the costs and expenses of the proceedings.

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on two pleas in law.

1.First plea in law, alleging infringement of an essential procedural requirement, exceeding of power, infringement of the Treaties or of any rule of law relating to their application, or misuse of powers, particularly improper legal evaluation of facts and findings (breach of right to good administration, exceeding of power, breach of principle of proportionality, principle of legal certainty, rule of law, principle of legal expectations and improper legal evaluation of facts and findings in the process of the selection and award of grants under Connecting Europe Facility 2018-1 CEF Telecom call for proposals CEF-TC- 2018-1, particularly Action No. 2018-SK-IA-0019 Slovak Safer Internet Centre V submitted by eSlovensko Bratislava).

2.Second plea in law, alleging that the Commission should be ordered to reimburse costs and expenses of the proceedings, in accordance with the above-mentioned arguments and the alleged arbitrary character of the contested Commission decision.