Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 14 December 2006.#Federal Republic of Germany v Commission of the European Communities.#European Regional Development Fund - Reduction of financial assistance - Action for annulment - Act against which proceedings can be brought - Preparatory act - Inadmissibility.#Joined cases T-314/04 and T-414/04.

Subject of the case

Re:

ACTIONS for annulment of the decisions contained in two letters of the Directorate‑General for Regional Policy of the Commission of 17 May and 9 August 2004 sent to the applicant concerning reduction of the assistance from the European Regional Development Fund granted for the Objective 2 Programme 1997-1999 North Rhine-Westphalia and the Operational Programme Resider II North Rhine‑Westphalia 1994-1999, and the refusal in consequence to pay the applicant the balances of EUR 5 488 569.24 and EUR 2 268 988.33 respectively.

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Dismisses the actions as inadmissible;

2. Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and half of those incurred by the applicant. The applicant is to bear half of its own costs.