CELEX: 62014CA0383
Language: en
Date: 2015-09-03 00:00:00
Title: Case C-383/14: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 3 September 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — France) — Établissement national des produits de l’agriculture et de la mer (FranceAgriMer) v Société Sodiaal International (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Protection of the European Union’s financial interests — Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 — Article 3 — Recovery of Community aid — Administrative penalty — Administrative measures — Limitation period)

26.10.2015   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 354/9
            
         Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 3 September 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — France) — Établissement national des produits de l’agriculture et de la mer (FranceAgriMer) v Société Sodiaal International
   (Case C-383/14) (1)
   
   ((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of the European Union’s financial interests - Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 - Article 3 - Recovery of Community aid - Administrative penalty - Administrative measures - Limitation period))
   (2015/C 354/11)
   Language of the case: French
   
      Referring court
   
   Conseil d’État
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Établissement national des produits de l’agriculture et de la mer (FranceAgriMer)
   
      Defendant: Société Sodiaal International
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The fourth subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities financial interests must be interpreted as meaning that the limitation which it lays down is applicable not only to proceedings concerning irregularities which lead to the imposition of administrative penalties within the meaning of Article 5 thereof but also to proceedings which lead to the adoption of administrative measures within the meaning of Article 4 thereof.
   
      (1)  OJ C 361, 13.10.2014.