CELEX: 62018TA0505
Language: en
Date: 2020-02-12 00:00:00
Title: Case T-505/18: Judgment of the General Court of 12 February 2020 — Hungary v Commission (EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Support for rural development — Support granted to producer groups — Expenditure incurred by Hungary — Article 35 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 — Qualified recognition — Eligibility of the beneficiary of the aid — Calculated financial correction — Article 52(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 — Sincere cooperation — Protection of legitimate expectations — Proportionality — Legal certainty — Ineligible amounts)

23.3.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 95/25
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 12 February 2020 — Hungary v Commission
      (Case T-505/18) (1)
      
      (EAGF and EAFRD - Expenditure excluded from financing - Support for rural development - Support granted to producer groups - Expenditure incurred by Hungary - Article 35 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 - Qualified recognition - Eligibility of the beneficiary of the aid - Calculated financial correction - Article 52(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 - Sincere cooperation - Protection of legitimate expectations - Proportionality - Legal certainty - Ineligible amounts)
      (2020/C 95/30)
      Language of the case: Hungarian
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Hungary (represented by: M. Fehér, M. Tátrai, A. Pokoraczki and G. Koós, acting as Agents)
      
         Defendant: European Commission (represented by: V. Bottka and J. Aquilina, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking partial annulment of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/873 of 13 June 2018 excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ 2018 L 152, p. 29).
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Hungary to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 399, 5.11.2018.