Judgment_paragraph 3 · International Management Group (IMG) v European Commission (C-619/20 P)

3Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (OJ 2002 L 248, p. 1), as amended by Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1995/2006 of 13 December 2006 (OJ 2006 L 390, p. 1) (‘the 2002 Financial Regulation’), was repealed with effect from 1 January 2013 by Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Regulation No 1605/2002 (OJ 2012 L 298, p. 1) (‘the 2012 Financial Regulation’). However, Article 212(a) of the 2012 Financial Regulation provided, inter alia, that Article 53 and Article 53d of the 2002 Financial Regulation would continue to apply to all commitments made up to 31 December 2013.