Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2019:682
Date: 2019-09-24
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: Agriculture and Fisheries;European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: France

Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2019 — France v Commission (Case T-507/18) 1 (EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Expenses incurred by France under the Programme of Options Specifically Relating to Remoteness and Insularity (POSEI) — Inaccurate accounting for certain consignments of bananas (financial years 2013 — 2016) — Flat-rate financial correction) Language of the case: French Parties Applicant: French Republic (represented by: F. Alabrune, D. Colas, S. Horrenberger, A.-L. Desjonquères, A. Alidière and C. Mosser, acting as Agents) Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Lewis and J. Aquilina, acting as Agents) Re: Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/873 of 13 June 2018 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 2018 L 152, p. 29) in so far as it applies to the French Republic a financial correction of 5%, amounting to a total sum of EUR 1 945 435.39, as regards the measures entitled ‘Other Direct Aid — POSEI’, on the ground of ‘[i]naccurate accounting for certain consignments of bananas’ for the financial years 2013 — 2016. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders the French Republic to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 392, 29.10.2018.