CELEX: 62004TJ0282
Language: en
Date: 2006-11-22
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 22 November 2006. # Italian Republic v Commission of the European Communities. # EAGGF - Expenditure excluded from Community financing - Financial corrections - Rural development - Aid to the least well-off. # Case T-282/04.

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 22 November 2006 – Italy v Commission
      (Case T-282/04)
      EAGGF – Expenditure excluded from Community financing – Financial corrections – Rural development – Aid to the least well-off
      1.                     Procedure – Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements (Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, Art.
            44(1)(c)) (see para. 60)
      2.                     Agriculture – Common agricultural policy – EAGGF financing – Principles (Council Regulation No 1258/1999, Arts 1(2)(c) and
            3(1)) (see para. 64)
      3.                     Agriculture – Common agricultural policy – EAGGF financing – Support for rural development (Commission Regulation No 1750/1999,
            Arts 35(2) and (37)(1)) (see paras 69-78)
      4.                     Agriculture – EAGGF – Clearance of accounts (Council Regulations Nos 729/70 and 1258/1999) (see paras 95-97)
      Re:
      
         ACTION for partial annulment of Commission Decision 2004/457/EC of 29 April 2004 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 2004 L 202, p. 35) in as far as it excludes certain expenditure made by the Italian Republic.
               
            Operative part
      The Court:
      
         
                   
               
               
                  
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
         
                   
               
               
                  
               
               
                  Orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs.