Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2008:485
Date: 2008-11-12
Language of the case: Spanish
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Agriculture and Fisheries;European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)
Concepts: Procedure for clearance of accounts;Conditions subject to which expenditure is borne by the EAGGF
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment - inadmissible
Origin: Spain

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Eighth Chamber) of 12 November 2008 – Spain v Commission (Case T-60/07) EAGGF – Guarantee Section – Expenditure excluded from Community financing – Fruit and vegetable sector – Environmental protection – Administrative procedure 1. Agriculture – EAGGF – Clearance of accounts – Disallowance of expenditure arising from irregularities in the application of the Community rules (see para. 49) 2. Agriculture – Common agricultural policy – EAGGF financing (Council Regulation No 1258/1999, Arts 1(2) and 2(2)) (see para. 83) 3. Agriculture – EAGGF – Clearance of accounts (Council Regulation No 1258/1999, Art. 7(4); Commission Regulation No 1663/95, Art. 8(1)) (see para. 99) Re: APPLICATION for partial annulment of Commission Decision 2006/932/EC of 14 December 2006 excluding from Community financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) (OJ 2006 L 355, p. 96), in so far as it excludes certain expenditure incurred by the Kingdom of Spain in the fruit and vegetable sector. Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the application; 2. Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.