CELEX: 62009TA0500
Language: en
Date: 2011-09-22 00:00:00
Title: Case T-500/09: Judgment of the General Court of 22 September 2011 — Italy v Commission (EAGGF — Guarantee Section — Expenditure excluded from Community financing — Aid for the processing of citrus fruit — Effectiveness of the checks — Proportionality)

29.10.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 319/17
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 22 September 2011 — Italy v Commission
   (Case T-500/09) (1)
   
   (EAGGF - Guarantee Section - Expenditure excluded from Community financing - Aid for the processing of citrus fruit - Effectiveness of the checks - Proportionality)
   2011/C 319/33
   Language of the case: Italian
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Italian Republic (represented by: L. Ventrella and G. Palmieri, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P. Rossi, Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2009/721/EC of 24 September 2009 excluding from Community financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ 2009 L 257, p. 28), in so far as it excludes certain expenditure incurred by the Italian Republic in the sector of citrus-fruit processing.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 37, 13.2.2010.