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... monstration activities (2007-2013) – Debit notes issued by the Commission for the recovery of grants awarded by contract – Enforceable decision – Article 299 TFEU)

In Case T‑475/20,

LE, represented by M. Straus, lawyer,

applicant,

v

European Commission, represented by L. André, J. Estrada de Solà and S. Romoli, acting as Agents,

defendant,

THE GENERAL COURT (First Chamber),

composed, at the time of the deliberations, of H. Kanninen, President, O. Porchia and M. Stancu (Rapporteur), Judges,

Registrar: P. Cullen, Administrator,

having regard to the written part of the procedure,

having regard to the order of 27 November 2020, LE v Commission (T‑475/20 R, not published, EU:T:2020:574),

further to the hearing on 31 May 2022,

gives the following

Judgment

1. By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant, LE, seeks annulment of Commission Decision C(2020) 3988 final of 9 June 2020 relating to the recovery of a principal amount of EUR 275 915.12 from it (‘the contested decision’).

I. Background to the dispute

2. The framework programme adopted by Decision No 1982/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-2013) (OJ 2006 L 412, p. 1) was the principal instrument of the European Union for the financing of research covering the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013.

3. On 28 June 2011, the European Commission and the coordinator of a consortium of seven entities (ʻthe coordinatorʼ), which included the applicant, ...