{"id":24435,"date":"2026-05-08T12:16:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T10:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abante.de\/grantee\/recipients-of-grants-defense-against-revocation-of-grants-and-requests-for-repayment\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T20:24:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:24:48","slug":"recipients-of-grants-defense-against-revocation-of-grants-and-requests-for-repayment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/grantee\/recipients-of-grants-defense-against-revocation-of-grants-and-requests-for-repayment\/","title":{"rendered":"Recip\u00adi\u00adents of grants Defense against revo\u00adca\u00adtion of grants and requests for repay\u00adment"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The defense against grant revo\u00adca\u00adtion and reclaim requests<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Award vio\u00adla\u00adtions can cause the grant\u00adi\u00adng author\u00adi\u00adty to reduce or com\u00adplete\u00adly revoke fund\u00ading, often to an extent that is dis\u00adpro\u00adpor\u00adtion\u00adate to the actu\u00adal error. We eval\u00adu\u00adate the accu\u00adsa\u00adtion and pro\u00advide well-found\u00aded counter-posi\u00adtions \u2014 up to and includ\u00ading admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtive court pro\u00adceed\u00adings. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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React imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Dead\u00adlines begin to run upon receipt of the hear\u00ading let\u00adter \u2014 wait\u00ading costs rights<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Dou\u00adble exper\u00adtise<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Award + grant<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Only those who have mas\u00adtered both areas of law can effec\u00adtive\u00adly put the author\u00adi\u00adties in their place<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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What we do for you<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Defense against revo\u00adca\u00adtion and reclaim<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We ana\u00adlyze the audit report, exam\u00adine the legal\u00adi\u00adty of the revo\u00adca\u00adtion and counter the grant\u00adi\u00adng author\u00adi\u00adty with well-found\u00aded counter-posi\u00adtions \u2014 in due time and form.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Pro\u00adpor\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty and pro\u00adtec\u00adtion of legit\u00adi\u00admate expec\u00adta\u00adtions<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Many revo\u00adca\u00adtion deci\u00adsions fail due to the incor\u00adrect exer\u00adcise of dis\u00adcre\u00adtion or because the recip\u00adi\u00adent of the grant enjoys legit\u00adi\u00admate expec\u00adta\u00adtions. We check both. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtion in admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtive court<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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If the out-of-court defense is not suf\u00adfi\u00adcient, we will rep\u00adre\u00adsent you before the admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtive court \u2014 with the exper\u00adtise in pub\u00adlic pro\u00adcure\u00adment law that admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtive judges them\u00adselves usu\u00adal\u00adly do not have.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The revo\u00adca\u00adtion of fund\u00ading in the event of award errors<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Fund\u00ading bod\u00adies revoke fund\u00ading deci\u00adsions and demand the repay\u00adment of fund\u00ading if seri\u00adous pro\u00adcure\u00adment errors have occurred \u2014 some\u00adtimes even in the case of minor pro\u00adce\u00addur\u00adal errors. The pro\u00adpor\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty of this reac\u00adtion is by no means self-evi\u00addent, and many revo\u00adca\u00adtion deci\u00adsions do not stand up to legal scruti\u00adny. Any\u00adone who accepts a revo\u00adca\u00adtion deci\u00adsion with\u00adout com\u00adplaint is often giv\u00ading away legit\u00adi\u00admate rights. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The require\u00adment to com\u00adply with pro\u00adcure\u00adment law<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Grant notices often con\u00adtain a require\u00adment to com\u00adply with pub\u00adlic pro\u00adcure\u00adment law. A con\u00addi\u00adtion is an ancil\u00adlary pro\u00advi\u00adsion to an admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtive act \u2014 it may or may not be law\u00adful. If you accept it, it becomes final and bind\u00ading and must be observed even if it is unlaw\u00adful. This oblig\u00ada\u00adtion can also be found in grant agree\u00adments \u2014 some\u00adtimes hid\u00adden in a para\u00adgraph at the back or in an annex. As a rule, the fund\u00ading provider does not act in the form of a notice, but can recov\u00ader the fund\u00ading in oth\u00ader ways, for exam\u00adple by off\u00adset\u00adting or refus\u00ading to pay out. In addi\u00adtion: It is not uncom\u00admon for it to be unclear which award rules are actu\u00adal\u00adly meant. Fund\u00ading deci\u00adsions and con\u00adtracts some\u00adtimes con\u00adtain more detailed reg\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtions \u2014 but these are often con\u00adtra\u00addic\u00adto\u00adry and open to inter\u00adpre\u00adta\u00adtion. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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You should con\u00adtact our spe\u00adcial\u00adist lawyers imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly after receiv\u00ading a hear\u00ading let\u00adter. Time lim\u00adits begin to run upon receipt \u2014 if you wait, you may lose rights that can\u00adnot be restored lat\u00ader. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We defend against the revo\u00adca\u00adtion of fund\u00ading for you<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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You should not accept the revo\u00adca\u00adtion and recov\u00adery with\u00adout com\u00adplaint. You should act at the lat\u00adest when you receive a hear\u00ading let\u00adter or even just an indi\u00adca\u00adtion of a prob\u00adlem. The grant\u00adi\u00adng author\u00adi\u00adty has to com\u00adply with a large num\u00adber of require\u00adments if it intends to reclaim fund\u00ading that has already been grant\u00aded: a one-year dead\u00adline, the oblig\u00ada\u00adtion to hold a pri\u00ador hear\u00ading, the dis\u00adcre\u00adtionary deci\u00adsion to be exer\u00adcised in accor\u00addance with the law. This is where many approval author\u00adi\u00adties fail. In addi\u00adtion, there is a pos\u00adsi\u00adble pro\u00adtec\u00adtion of legit\u00adi\u00admate expec\u00adta\u00adtions \u2014 for exam\u00adple, if you have informed the fund\u00ading provider in good time and com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsive\u00adly about your actions and have act\u00aded in good faith in the per\u00admis\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty of your pro\u00adcure\u00adment. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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It all depends on the file sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion \u2014 don\u2019t wait<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The revo\u00adca\u00adtion of dona\u00adtions is par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly unpleas\u00adant for board mem\u00adbers, man\u00adag\u00ading direc\u00adtors and oth\u00ader respon\u00adsi\u00adble par\u00adties. This is because the ques\u00adtion always aris\u00ades as to whether they have harmed the ben\u00ade\u00adfi\u00adcia\u00adry and are there\u00adfore per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adly liable to pay com\u00adpen\u00adsa\u00adtion. If you receive a hear\u00ading, you should noti\u00adfy your lia\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty insur\u00ader to be on the safe side \u2014 and check whether it is advis\u00adable to take out D&O lia\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty insur\u00adance. In any case, con\u00adtact the lawyers at our law firm in good time and with con\u00adfi\u00addence. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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You need exper\u00adtise in fund\u00ading law and pub\u00adlic pro\u00adcure\u00adment law<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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If a grant is revoked due to pro\u00adcure\u00adment errors, a lawyer with gen\u00ader\u00adal expe\u00adri\u00adence in admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtive law is not enough. Above all, your lawyer must be fit in pro\u00adcure\u00adment law \u2014 he must know the pro\u00adcure\u00adment rules in order to be able to put the author\u00adi\u00adty in its place, and he must have the nec\u00ades\u00adsary author\u00adi\u00adty before the admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtive court. This is because admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtive judges gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly have no in-depth knowl\u00adedge of pub\u00adlic pro\u00adcure\u00adment law and its prac\u00adti\u00adcal appli\u00adca\u00adtion. At abante, we close this gap: Year after year, we accom\u00adpa\u00adny count\u00adless pro\u00adcure\u00adment pro\u00adce\u00addures, often enough with fund\u00ading. We are your part\u00adner at the inter\u00adface of grant and pro\u00adcure\u00adment law.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Typ\u00adi\u00adcal pro\u00adce\u00addure<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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