Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2016:529
Date: 2016-07-07
Language of the case: Polish
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Subject matter: Agriculture and Fisheries;European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)
Procedure: Action for annulment;Appeal - unfounded
Origin: Poland

Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 7 July 2016 — Poland v Commission (Case C‑210/15 P) (1) Appeal — EAGGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from EU financing — Regulations (EC) No 1257/1999 and No 1698/2005 — Early retirement of farmers and farm workers — Definitive cessation of all commercial farming activity 1. Appeal — Grounds — Plea against a ground of the judgment not necessary to support the operative part — Invalid plea in law (see para. 34) 2. Agriculture — EAGGF and EAFRD financing — Support for rural development — Mechanism granting aid for early retirement — Regulations No 1257/1999 and No 1698/2005 — Conditions for granting — Exercise of an agricultural activity for commercial purposes before the surrender of the holding — Obligation to actually carry out the activity during the period prior to cessation (Council Regulations No 2328/91, Art. 5(1)(a), No 2079/92, Art. 5, point 1, second indent, No 1257/1999, Art. 10, and No 1698/2005, Art. 23(2) (see paras 39-45) Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders the Republic of Poland to pay the costs. 1 OJ C 236, 20.7.2015.