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In Case T‑1191/23,

Fincantieri NexTech SpA, established in Milan (Italy), represented by F. Di Gianni, A. Scalini and G. Pregno, lawyers,

applicant,

v

European Commission, represented by R. Tricot, T. Isacu de Groot and A. Koričić, acting as Agents,

defendant,

THE GENERAL COURT (Third Chamber),

composed, at the time of the deliberations, of P. Škvařilová-Pelzl, President, G. Steinfatt (Rapporteur) and D. Kukovec, Judges,

Registrar: P. Cullen, Administrator,

having regard to the written part of the procedure,

further to the hearing on 17 March 2025,

gives the following

Judgment

1. By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant, Fincantieri NexTech SpA, the coordinator of the Nessos consortium, seeks the annulment of the Commission Decision of 20 October 2023 rejecting project proposal No 101121451 ‘NESSOS – Networked Sonars System of Systems’, submitted in response to the European Defence Fund (EDF) call for proposals EDF‑2022-RA-UWW-ODAC and confirming the conclusions in the evaluation summary report of 23 June 2023 (‘the contested decision’).

Background to the dispute

2. Project proposal No 101121451 ‘NESSOS – Networked Sonars System of Systems’ was submitted in connection with the EDF, which is one of the new funding programmes of the European Union falling under the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework.

3. Grants under that programme are governed by the rules and procedures established in Regulation (EU) 2021/697 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 establishing the EDF and repealing Regulation (EU) 2018/1092 (OJ 2021 L ...