European Commission v Deutsche Telekom AG (C-221/22 P)
law://eu/cjeu/2022/c-221-22/para_56@2026-11-12
Key facts
Court
Court of Justice · Grand Chamber
Case
C-221/22 P · ECLI:EU:C:2024:488
Decided
11 Jun 2024
Procedure
Action for annulment
Applicant
European Commission
Defendant
Deutsche Telekom AG
Rapporteur
Z. Csehi
Advocate General
A.M. Collins
Bench
15 judgesK. Lenaerts, L. Bay Larsen, A. Arabadjiev, C. Lycourgos, E. Regan, F. Biltgen, N. Piçarra, Z. Csehi, P.G. Xuereb, L.S. Rossi, N. Jääskinen, N. Wahl, I. Ziemele, J. Passer, D. Gratsias
56Consequently, where sums of money have been received in breach of EU law, whether by a national authority or an institution, body, office or agency of the European Union, those sums of money must be repaid and that refund must bear interest covering the entire period from the date of payment of those sums of money to the date of their repayment, which constitutes the expression of a general principle of recovery of sums paid but not due (see, to that effect, judgment of 28 April 2022, Gräfendorfer Geflügel- und Tiefkühlfeinkost Produktions and Others, C‑415/20, C‑419/20 and C‑427/20, EU:C:2022:306, paragraph 53 and the case-law cited).