Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2009:269
Date: 2009-07-10
Language of the case: Italian
Court formation: Third Chamber
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Agriculture and Fisheries;European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)
Concepts: Statement of reasons;Procedure for clearance of accounts
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Italy

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 10 July 2009 – Italy v Commission (Case T-373/05) EAGGF – Guarantee Section – Expenditure excluded from Community financing – Raw tobacco – Obligation to state reasons – Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 1. Acts of the institutions – Statement of reasons – Obligation – Scope (see paras 50-51) 2. Agriculture – EAGGF – Clearance of accounts (see paras 65-67) Re: APPLICATION for annulment in part of Commission Decision 2005/579/EC of 20 July 2005 excluding from Community financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) (OJ 2005 L 199, p. 84), in so far as it excludes certain expenditure incurred by the Italian Republic in the sector of raw tobacco. Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs.