CELEX: 62006TJ0278
Language: en
Date: 2008-11-26
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 26 November 2008.#United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v Commission of the European Communities.#EAGGF - Guarantee Section - Expenditure excluded from Community financing - Butter - Check of the quantity of product obtained - On-the-spot checks - Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2571/97.#Case T-278/06.

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 26 November 2008 – United Kingdom v Commission
      (Case T-278/06)
      EAGGF – Guarantee Section – Expenditure excluded from Community financing – Butter – Check of the quantity of product obtained – On-the-spot checks – Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
      1.                     Agriculture – EAGGF – Clearance of accounts – Disallowance of expenditure arising from irregularities in the application of
            the Community rules (Council Regulation No 1258/1999) (see paras 21-23, 91, 100)
      2.                     Agriculture – Common organisation of the markets – Milk and milk products  (Commission Regulation No 2571/97, Art. 23(2))
            (see paras 48-55, 58, 68)
      3.                     Economic and social cohesion – Structural assistance – Financing granted for national projects (Commission Regulation No 2571/97,
            Art. 23(2)) (see para. 71)
      Re: 
      
         
               ACTION for annulment in part of Commission Decision 2006/554/EC of 27 July 2006 excluding from Community financing certain
                  expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee
                  Fund (EAGGF) (OJ 2006 L 218, p. 12), in so far as it excludes certain expenses incurred by the United Kingdom of Great Britain
                  and Northern Ireland in the sector of concentrated butter in the food industry.
               
            Operative part
      The Court:
      
         
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                  	Dismisses the action;
               
            
         
                  2.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to pay the costs.