Дело T-***/**: *****************, Съдебно решение от **.**.2024 г.

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... ion of the applicant’s proposal on account of non-compliance with the admissibility conditions and criteria – Obligation to state reasons – Principle of sound administration – Right to be heard – Error of assessment )

In Case T‑134/23,

Institut Jožef Stefan, established in Ljubljana (Slovenia), represented by A. Bochon, lawyer,

applicant,

v

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

defendant,

THE GENERAL COURT (Third Chamber),

composed of P. Škvařilová-Pelzl, acting as President, G. Steinfatt (Rapporteur) and D. Kukovec, Judges,

Registrar: A. Marghelis, Administrator,

having regard to the written part of the procedure,

further to the hearing on 3 July 2024,

gives the following

Judgment

1. By its action brought pursuant to Article 263 TFEU, the applicant, Institut Jožef Stefan, coordinator of the PANDORA consortium, seeks annulment of the Decision of the European Commission of 3 January 2023 rejecting the project proposal with reference 101075036-PANDORA (‘the project proposal’), submitted in response to European Defence Fund (EDF) call for proposals EDF‑2021-MCBRN-R (‘the contested decision’).

Background to the dispute

2. The project proposal 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 170, p. 149) (‘the EDF ...