Arrêt de la Cour (dixième chambre) du 14 janvier 2021.Agence exécutive du Conseil européen de la recherche contre Aristoteleio Panepistimio Thessalonikis.Pourvoi – Clause compromissoire – Contrat Minatran, conclu dans le cadre du septième programme-cadre – Coûts éligibles – Note de débit émise par l’ERCEA – Recouvrement des montants avancés – Coûts de personnel et dépenses indirectes correspondant à ces coûts de personnel – Obligation d’exécuter les travaux exclusivement dans les locaux du bénéficiaire de la subvention – Supervision par le bénéficiaire – Pratiques normales du bénéficiaire.Affaire C-280/19 P.

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Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 14 January 2021 – ERCEA v Aristoteleio Panepistimio Thessalonikis

(Case C‑280/19 P) ( 1 )

(Appeal – Arbitration clause – Minatran contract concluded under the Seventh Framework Programme – Eligible costs – Debit note issued by the ERCEA – Recovery of amounts advanced – Personnel costs and indirect expenditure relating to those personnel costs – Obligation to carry out work solely on the premises of the beneficiary of the grant – Supervision by the beneficiary – Normal practices of the beneficiary)

  1. Appeal – Grounds – Incorrect assessment of the facts – Inadmissibility – Review by the Court of the interpretation of a contract term – Not included

(Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 169)

(see paras 43, 44, 56, 67)

  1. Appeal – Grounds – Incorrect assessment of the facts and evidence – Inadmissibility – Review by the Court of the assessment of the facts and evidence – Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted – Requirement that the distortion be obvious from the documents in the file – Ground alleging a divergence of interpretation of a document – Inadmissibility

(Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)

(see paras 45, 46, 59, 81)

  1. Appeal – Grounds – Plea raised for the first time in the context of the appeal – Inadmissibility

(Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 170(1))

(see para. 54)

  1. Appeal – Grounds – Inadequate statement of reasons – Reliance by the General Court on implied reasoning – Whether permissible – Conditions

(Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 36 and 53, first para.)

(see paras 83, 84)

Operative part

The Court:

  1. Dismisses the appeal;

  2. Orders the European Research Council Executive Agency (ERCEA) to pay the costs.

( 1 ) OJ C 182, 27.5.2019.