Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 24 February 2005 in Case C-300/02: Hellenic Republic v Commission of the European Communities (EAGGF — Arable crops — Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 — Article 5(2)(c) — Discrepancies between annual declarations of expenses and eligible expenses — Time-limit of 24 months — Deduction of the amount of aid to farmers)
Date: 2005-04-30
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EAGGF Guarantee Section, EU financing, European Commission, Greece, action for annulment (EU), expenditure

30.4.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 106/3

2. Orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs.

2. Dismisses the remainder of the application;

(1) OJ 2002 C 233 of 28.09.2002.

3. Orders each party to bear its own costs.

(1) OJ C 247 of 12.10. 2002.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(First Chamber)

of 24 February 2005

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Third Chamber)

of 24 February 2005

in Case C-300/02: Hellenic Republic v Commission of the
European Communities (1)

(EAGGF — Arable crops — Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 —
Article 5(2)(c) — Discrepancies between annual declarations
of expenses and eligible expenses — Time-limit of 24 months
— Deduction of the amount of aid to farmers)

in Case C-318/02: Kingdom of the Netherlands v Commis-
sion of the European Communities (1)

(EAGGF — Decision 2002/524/EC — Financial adjustments
to expenditure by the Netherlands in the form of exceptional
support measures for the market in pigmeat in the Nether-
lands — Regulation (EC) No 413/97)

(2005/C 106/04)

(Language of the case: Greek)

(2005/C 106/05)

(Language of the case: Dutch)

In Case C-300/02: Action for annulment under Article 230 EC,
brought on 21 August 2002 — Hellenic Republic (Agents: I.
Chalkias and G. Kanellopoulos) v Commission of the European
Communities (Agent: M. Condou-Durande and N. Korogian-
nakis, avocat) — Action for annulment under Article 230 EC,
brought on 21 August 2002 — the Court (First Chamber
Chamber), composed of P. Jann, President of the Chamber, K.
Lenaerts, N. Colneric (Rapporteur), E.
Ilešič,
Judges; P. Léger, Advocate General; L. Hewlett, Principal
for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 24
Administrator,
February 2005, in which it:

Juhász and M.

1. Annuls Commission Decision 2002/524/EC of 26 June 2002,
excluding from Community financing certain expenditure incurred
by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the (Euro-
pean Agriculture Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), in so
far as it excludes from Community financing expenditure incurred
by the Hellenic Republic in the arable crops sector prior to 20
August 1999, to the extent that that expenditure is affect by the
correction because of discrepancies between the expenses declared
and the areas eligible for aid notified;

In Case C-318/02 Kingdom of the Netherlands (Agent: H.G.
Sevenster, S. Terstal and N.A.J. Bel) v Commission of the Euro-
pean Communities (Agent: T. van Rijn) — action for annul-
ment under Article 230 EC — the Court (Third Chamber),
composed of A. Rosas, President of the Chamber, N. Colneric
and K. Schiemann (Rapporteur), Judges; A. Tizzano, Advocate
General; L. Hewlett, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar,
gave a judgment on 24 February 2005, in which it:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands to pay the costs.

(1) OJ 2002 C 305 of 07.04.2002.