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... sums advanced — Default interest — Procedure by default)

In Case T‑589/17,

European Investment Bank (EIB), represented initially by P. Chamberlain, T. Gilliams, F. Oxangoiti Briones and J. Shirran, and subsequently by F. Oxangoiti Briones, J. Klein and J. Shirran, acting as Agents, and D. Arts, lawyer, and T. Cusworth, Solicitor,

applicant,

v

Syrian Arab Republic,

defendant,

ACTION pursuant to Article 272 TFEU, seeking an order that the Syrian Arab Republic repay sums due under Aleppo-Tall Kojak Road Project Loan Agreement No 60136, plus default interest,

THE GENERAL COURT (Sixth Chamber),

composed of G. Berardis, President, D. Spielmann and Z. Csehi (Rapporteur), Judges,

Registrar: E. Coulon,

gives the following

Judgment

Background to the dispute

Relevant contractual provisions

1. Subsequent to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Syrian Arab Republic of 18 January 1977 (OJ 1978 L 269, p. 2) and its protocols, on 15 May 1979, the European Investment Bank (EIB) concluded with the Syrian Arab Republic Aleppo-Tall Kojak Road Project Loan Agreement No 60136 (‘the loan agreement’) regarding the construction of a high-quality road between Aleppo (Syria) and Tall Kochak (Iraq). Article 11.01 of the loan agreement provides that it is to be governed by Belgian law. Moreover, pursuant to Article 12.01 of that agreement, the Syrian Arab Republic designated the ambassador of the Syrian Arab Republic to the European Union in Brussels (Belgium) for any notification or communication involving a dispute.

2. Under Articles 1.01 and 1.02 of the loan agreement, the EIB granted ...