Case T-729/22: Order of the General Court of 17 October 2024 – Complejo Agrícola Las Lomas v Commission (Action for annulment – Agriculture – Common agricultural policy (CAP) strategic plan – Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 – Rules on support for strategic plans drawn up by Member States under the CAP – Approval by the Commission – Composite or complex administrative procedure – Jurisdiction of the General Court – Admissibility – Observance of the period prescribed for instituting proceedings – Date on which the contested act came to the knowledge of the applicant – Locus standi)
Date: 2024-10-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EAFRD, EAGF, Spain, administrative procedure, admissibility, aid to agriculture, eligibility criteria, jurisdiction, management planning, right of action








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2024/7167


9.12.2024






Order of the General Court of 17 October 2024 – Complejo Agrícola Las Lomas v Commission


(Case T-729/22)
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(Action for annulment - Agriculture - Common agricultural policy (CAP) strategic plan - Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 - Rules on support for strategic plans drawn up by Member States under the CAP - Approval by the Commission - Composite or complex administrative procedure - Jurisdiction of the General Court - Admissibility - Observance of the period prescribed for instituting proceedings - Date on which the contested act came to the knowledge of the applicant - Locus standi)
(C/2024/7167)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Complejo Agrícola Las Lomas, SL (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: J. Sedano Lorenzo, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A.-C. Becker and F. Castilla Contreras, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of Commission Implementing Decision C(2022) 6017 final of 31 August 2022 approving the 2023-2027 CAP Strategic Plan of Spain for Union support financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, in so far as it approved point 3.4 of the Spanish common agricultural policy (CAP) Strategic Plan, according to which the maximum amount of the basic income support for sustainability to be granted to a farmer under Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013 (OJ 2021 L 435, p. 1), may not exceed the sum of EUR 200 000.

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed as inadmissible.










2.


There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the application to intervene submitted by the Kingdom of Spain.










3.


Complejo Agrícola Las Lomas, SL shall pay the costs.










4.


The Kingdom of Spain shall bear its own costs relating to the application to intervene.






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            OJ C 24, 23.1.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/7167/oj
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