10.9.2018

Official Journal of the European Union

C 319/18

(Case T-408/18)

(2018/C 319/22)

Language of the case: Greek

Parties

Applicant: Aristoteleio Panepistimio Thessalonikis (Thessaloniki, Greece) (represented by: S. Paliou, lawyer)

Defendant: Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the General Court should:

—declare that the defendant’s demand, set out in debit note No 3241804913 of 16 April 2018, that the applicant repay part of the subsidy which it received for the ENHSA action is unfounded in respect of the sum of EUR 77 169,78 and declare that that sum corresponds to eligible expenditure;

—declare that the defendant’s demand, set out in debit note No 3241804682 of 9 April 2018, that the applicant repay part of the subsidy which it received for the ARCHI-MUNDUS action, amounting to EUR 28 976,83, is unfounded and declare that that sum corresponds to eligible expenditure;

—call upon the defendant to repay the foregoing sums with statutory interest; and

—order the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency to pay the applicant’s costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

By the present action, Aristoteleio Panepistimio Thessalonikis contests the demand which the EACEA has formulated by debit note No 3241804913 of 16 April 2018 in the sum of EUR 84 955,12 relating to the ENHSA action. Also, Aristoteleio Panepistimio Thessalonikis contests the demand which the EACEA has formulated by debit note No 3241804682 of 9 April 2018 in the sum of EUR 28 976,83 relating to the ARCHI-MUNDUS action.

Those demands were made after the EACEA carried out an on-site audit at the applicant’s premises, when the EACEA disputed the reality of the expenditure that related to flat-rate daily allowances in connection with conferences that were held within the framework of the ENHSA and ARCHI-MUNDUS actions.

In that context, the applicant asks the General Court of the European Union to declare that the flat-rate daily allowance (per diem) for the non-Greek-speaking participants at the conferences under the two actions corresponds to eligible expenditure.

Aristoteleio Panepistimio Thessalonikis maintains that the expenditure contested by the EACEA is eligible. That is confirmed by the material which the applicant submitted to the EACEA during the on-site audit and by means of subsequent correspondence.