Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2019:480
Date: 2019-07-03
Language of the case: Spanish
Subject matter: Agriculture and Fisheries;European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Spain

Judgment of the General Court of 3 July 2019 — Spain v Commission (Case T-602/17) 1 (EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Expenditure made by Spain — Key checks — Criteria for recognition of producers’ bodies — Approval of operational programmes — Transfer of investments within the same operation programme — Legitimate expectations) Language of the case: French Parties Applicant: Kingdom of Spain (represented initially by: M. Sampol Pucurull and A. Gavela Llopis, then by: A. Gavela Llopis and finally by: S. Jiménez García, acting as Agents) Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre, W. Farrell and M. Morales Puerta, acting as Agents) Re: Application on the basis of Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment in part of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1144 of 26 June 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 165, p. 37), in so far as it excludes, as regards the Kingdom of Spain, the sum of EUR 7 097 397.27 from that financing. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 357, 23.10.2017.