Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2019:153
Date: 2019-03-12
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Agriculture and Fisheries;Provisions governing the Institutions;Access to documents
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: France

Judgment of the General Court of 12 March 2019 — France v Commission (Case T-26/18) 1 (EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Expenditure incurred by France — One-off and flat-rate financial corrections — Area-related aid scheme — Land Parcel Identification System — Determination of eligible areas — Maintenance of agricultural land in good agricultural and environmental condition — Landscape features — Grazable heathland — National monitoring system based on a non-compliant definition of eligible areas — Proportionality — Obligation to state reasons — Conformity Clearance — Most likely error — Error of law) Language of the case: French Parties Applicant: French Republic (represented by: F. Alabrune, D. Colas, A.-L. Desjonquères and S. Horrenberger, acting as Agents) Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Lewis and D. Triantafyllou, acting as Agents) Re: Application pursuant to Article 263 TFEU seeking the partial annulment of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2014 of 8 November 2017 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 2017 L 292, p. 61). Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders the French Republic to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 112, 26.3.2018.