Wednesday 4rd September 2024
General Court
Judgments in Cases T-381/15 RENV II and T-509/21 IMG v Commission
(Financial provisions)
In 2013, the European Commission entrusted the International Management Group (IMG) with the management of certain development cooperation funds in accordance with the ‘joint management’ modality, now known as ‘indirect management’. This method, provided for in the EU’s financial regulations, allows international organisations to implement funds from the EU budget.
International Management Group – Infrastructure for Bosnia and Herzegovina (IMG- IBH), now headquartered in Belgrade (Serbia), was established on November 25, 1994 to provide a dedicated entity for governments and international organisations involved in the reconstruction of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since then, this entity has gradually expanded its activities in the fields of reconstruction and development.
However, on December 16, 2014, the Commission suspended its relations with IMG due to doubts about the entity’s status as an international organisation and, in a decision dated May 8, 2015, informed it of its intention not to conclude any further delegation agreements under indirect management with it until its legal status had been definitively clarified.
From 2015 IMG has been challenging the Commission’s decisions of December 16, 2014 and May 8, 2015 before the General Court of the European Union and the Court of Justice, giving rise to several years of legal proceedings (see judgmentsT-29/15, T- 381/15 of the General Court, as well as judgments C‑183/17 P and C‑184/17 P and C- 619/20 P and C-620/20 P of the Court of Justice. In this last ruling, the Court referred Case T-381/15 RENV back to the General Court for a ruling on IMG’s claim for compensation for the material damage allegedly caused by the decision of May 8, 2015).
In particular, following the Court’s annulment of these decisions, on June 8, 2021 the Commission adopted a new decision refusing to recognise IMG’s status as an international organisation with retroactive effect to December 16, 2014.
IMG is contesting this latest decision and is seeking compensation for the material and non-material damage that would have resulted from it, as well as for the financial damage that it attributes to the decision of May 8, 2015.
Background Documents T-381/15 RENV II
Mittwoch, 4. September 2024
Urteile des Gerichts in den Rechtssachen T‑381/15 RENV II IMG / Kommission und T-509/21 IMG /Kommission
Streit um Zuerkennung des Status als internationale Organisation
Die International Management Group (IMG) wurde 1994 gegründet, um am Wiederaufbau von Bosnien-Herzegowina beteiligten Staaten und Internationalen Organisationen eine dieser Aufgabe gewidmete Einrichtung zur Verfügung zu stellen. Seitdem hat die IMG ihre Tätigkeiten in den Bereichen Wiederaufbau und Entwicklung auf andere Länder und Regionen ausgeweitet.
2014 äußerte das Europäische Amt für Betrugsbekämpfung (OLAF) Zweifel, dass IMG eine Internationale Organisation im Sinne der EU-Haushaltsvorschriften sei. Die Kommission entzog IMG daraufhin die indirekte Mittelverwaltung für ein Entwicklungs- und Handelsprogramm für Myanmar und teilte ihr mit, dass sie ihr bis zur abschließenden Klärung ihres Status keine weiteren Aufträge der indirekten Mittelverwaltung erteilen werde. IMG hat diese Entscheidungen vor dem Gericht und dem Gerichtshof angefochten, letztlich mit Erfolg. Zudem hat sie auf Schadensersatz geklagt. Der Gerichtshof hat die Sache hinsichtlich dieses Schadensersatzantrags zum wiederholten Mal an das Gericht zurückverwiesen, das nun erneut darüber entscheidet (T‑381/15 RENV II).
Mit Beschluss vom 8 Juni 2021 teilte die Kommission IMG mit, dass sie zu dem Schluss gekommen sei, dass IMG keine Internationale Organisation sei und daher seit Ende 2014 nicht mit der indirekten Verwaltung von EU‑Mitteln beauftragt werden könne. IMG hat auch diesen Beschluss vor dem Gericht angefochten und auch insoweit Schadensersatz beantragt (T‑509/21).
Weitere Informationen T-381/15 RENV II
Weitere Informationen T-509/21
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