Judgment_paragraph 66 · Alfamicro - Sistemas de computadores, Sociedade Unipessoal, Lda. v European Commission (C-14/18 P)

66Consequently, the Commission cannot approve expenditure from the EU budget without legal basis; otherwise it will breach the principles established by the FEU Treaty. In the context of a grant, it is the grant agreement that governs the conditions for the allocation and use of that grant and, more particularly, the clauses relating to the determination of the amount of that grant on the basis of the costs declared by the party contracting with the Commission.