Judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) 6 December 1994

In Case T-450/93,

THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (First Chamber), composed of: R. Schintgen, President, R. Garcia-Valdecasas, B. Vesterdorf, K. Lenaerts and C. W. Bellamy, Judges, Registrar: H. Jung,

having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 13 July 1994,

gives the following

Judgment

Legal Background

Facts

Procedure and forms of order sought

Annulment of the Commission Decision reducing the ESF assistance

Inexistence or, at least, lack of competence of the ESF departments

Arguments of the parties

Findings of the Court

Infringement of the rights of the defence and inadequate statement of reasons

Arguments of the parties

Findings of the Court

The claim for an order that the Commission pay the balance of the ESF assistance

Costs

1 Language of the case: Portuguese.