CELEX: C2007/247/49
Language: en
Date: 2007-10-20 00:00:00
Title: Case T-243/05: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 12 September 2007 — Hellenic Republic v Commission (EAGGF — Guarantee Section — Expenditure excluded from Community financing — Arable crops — Olive oil — Financial audit — Period of 24 months)

20.10.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 247/31
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 12 September 2007 — Hellenic Republic v Commission
   (Case T-243/05) (1)
   
   (EAGGF - Guarantee Section - Expenditure excluded from Community financing - Arable crops - Olive oil - Financial audit - Period of 24 months)
   (2007/C 247/49)
   Language of the case: Greek
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Hellenic Republic, (represented by G. Kanellopoulos and E. Svolopoulou, agents)
   
      Defendant: Commission of the European Communities, (represented by H. Tserepa-Lacombe and L. Visaggio, agents, assisted by N. Korogiannakis, lawyer)
   Re:
   Action for annulment of the Commission Decision of 29 April 2005 excluding from Community financing certain expenditure by the Member States under the European Agricultural Guarantee and Guidance Funds (EAGGF), Guarantee section (OJ 2005 L 112, p. 14), in so far as it excludes certain expenditure by Greece in the sectors of arable crops and olive oil and in the matter of financial audit.
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls Commission Decision 2005/354/EC of 29 April 2005 excluding from Community financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) in so far as it imposes a specific adjustment on the Hellenic Republic of EUR 200 146,68 for the financial years of 1996 to 1998 (consumption aid for olive oil);
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Dismisses the remainder of the action;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Hellenic Republic to bear its own costs and to pay 70 % of those incurred by the Commission, which shall bear 30 % of its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 205, 20.8.2005.