11.10.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 260/14

(Case T-280/08)

(2008/C 260/25)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Claude Perry (Paris, France) (represented by: J. Culioli, lawyer)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

—rule that the Commission acted improperly;

—rule that that improper conduct gives rise to the non-contractual liability of the Community;

—rule that the applicant suffered loss as a result of that improper conduct;

—rule that the Community is required to compensate that loss;

—take formal notice that Mr Perry estimates his loss at EUR 1 000 000;

—order the Community to pay Mr Perry EUR 1 000 000;

—order the Community to pay all the costs and outlays of the proceedings;

—rule that it is equitable that the Community pay the costs and fees of the defence, in the sum of EUR 10 000.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The applicant seeks compensation for the loss which it considers it suffered as a result of accusations of misuse of Community subsidies in the performance of certain contracts concluded between the applicant's companies and the Commission in the context of the European Union humanitarian aid programmes for Bosnia and the Great Lakes region of Africa.

The pleas and main arguments put forward by the applicant are identical to those put forward in case T-132/98 Perry Group and Isibiris v Commission (1).

(1) OJ 1998 C 312, p. 20.