ECLI:EU:T:2003:238

«(Development cooperation – Community co-financing of projects by NGOs – Ineligibility of an NGO – Rejection of co-financing applications)» Summary of the Judgment 1.. Actions for annulment – Action challenging a decision confirming a decision not challenged within the time-limit – Inadmissible – Concept of confirmatory decision – Decision concerning an application for Community co-financing submitted by a non-governmental organisation dealing with development cooperation – Not included (Art. 230 EC) 2.. Budget of the European Communities – Financial regulation – Community co-financing of projects undertaken in developing countries by non-governmental organisations – Commission decision declaring an organisation ineligible for Community co-financing – Submission by the latter of new arguments to establish its eligibility – Commission obliged to re-examine the eligibility of the organisation before rejecting projects subsequently submitted 3.. Procedure – Costs – Recoverable costs – Meaning – Costs incurred before the European Ombudsman – Not included (Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, Art. 91(b)) JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Third Chamber)18 September 2003 (1) ((Development cooperation – Community co-financing of projects by NGOs – Ineligibility of an NGO – Rejection of co-financing applications)) applicant, v defendant, THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (Third Chamber), having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 7 May 2003, gives the following On those grounds, THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Third Chamber), Lenaerts Azizi Jaeger H. Jung K. Lenaerts Registrar President 1 – Language of the case: French.