Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 14 December 2005.#Greencore Group plc v Commission of the European Communities.#Compliance with a judgment of the Court of First Instance - Reduction of the fine imposed on the applicant - Failure then refusal of the Commission to pay interest on the sum refunded - Action for annulment - Principle of legal certainty.#Case T-135/02.

Subject of the case

Re:

APPLICATION for the annulment of the decision of 11 February 2002 by which the Commission refused to grant the applicant’s request for default interest to be paid to its subsidiary Irish Sugar plc on the principal sum repaid to the latter to comply with a judgment of the Court of First Instance.

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Annuls the decision of 11 February 2002, by which the Commission refused to grant the applicant’s request for default interest to be paid to its subsidiary Irish Sugar plc on the principal sum repaid to the latter to comply with a judgment of the Court of First Instance;

2. Orders the Commission to pay the costs, including those relating to the appeal proceedings before the Court of Justice.