Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2022:515
Date: 2022-09-07
Language of the case: Slovak
Court formation: Fourth Chamber
Subject matter: Agriculture and Fisheries;European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Slovakia

Judgment of the General Court of 7 September 2022 – Slovakia v Commission (Case T-40/21) 1 (EAGF – Expenditure excluded from financing – Absence of procedures for recovery of aid overpaid – Procedural safeguards – Article 52(4)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 – Article 34(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014) Language of the case: Slovak Parties Applicant: Slovak Republic (represented by: E. Drugda, Agent) Defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. Kaduczak, R. Lindenthal and A. Sauka, Agents) Re: By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the Slovak Republic seeks annulment of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1734 of 18 November 2020 excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ 2020 L 390, p. 10), in so far as a financial correction of EUR 19 656 905.11 applies to the Slovak Republic concerning decoupled direct aid for the financial year 2016. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders the Slovak Republic to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 98, 22.3.2021.