Дело T-***/**: *****************, Съдебно решение от **.**.2023 г.

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... and equipment in a third country – Non-performance of the agreement – Repayment of the sums advanced – Default interest – Procedure by default)

In Case T‑456/22,

European Investment Bank (EIB), represented by T. Gilliams, R. Stuart and F. Oxangoiti Briones, acting as Agents, and by D. Arts and E. Paredis, lawyers,

applicant,

v

Syrian Arab Republic,

defendant,

THE GENERAL COURT (Ninth Chamber),

composed of L. Truchot, President, R. Frendo (Rapporteur) and M. Sampol Pucurull, Judges,

Registrar: V. Di Bucci,

having regard to the written part of the procedure,

gives the following

Judgment

1. By its action based on Article 272 TFEU, the European Investment Bank (EIB) requests that the Syrian Arab Republic be ordered to pay the European Union, which it represents, the sum of EUR 18 440 034.97, together with interest, under Loan Agreement No 22057 concerning the design, construction or installation and commissioning of infrastructure and equipment in the multi-purpose port of Tartous (Syria) (‘the loan agreement’), and to pay it the sum of EUR 5 405.54, which has not been called, representing the default interest on the instalment due on 20 May 2022, accrued up to 14 June 2022, the date on which the European Union paid the related instalment of principal and contractual interest.

Background to the dispute

2. On 22 May 2003, the EIB concluded the loan agreement with the Syrian Arab Republic. That agreement, which was amended on 17 May 2006, 21 May 2007 and 10 July 2008, followed three texts, namely:

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