CELEX: 62005TA0344
Language: en
Date: 2011-09-09 00:00:00
Title: Case T-344/05: Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2011 — Greece v Commission (EAGGF — Guaranteee Section — Expenditure excluded from Community financing — Beef — Extensification payment — Arable crops — Fruit and vegetables — Aid for processing of citrus fruit — Conditions for application of 100 % flat-rate financial correction — Proportionality)

22.10.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 311/31
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2011 — Greece v Commission
   (Case T-344/05) (1)
   
   (EAGGF - Guaranteee Section - Expenditure excluded from Community financing - Beef - Extensification payment - Arable crops - Fruit and vegetables - Aid for processing of citrus fruit - Conditions for application of 100 % flat-rate financial correction - Proportionality)
   2011/C 311/52
   Language of the case: Greek
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: I. Khalkias and E. Svolopoulou, agents)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: H. Tserepa-Lacombe and L. Visaggio, agents, and by N. Korogiannakis, lawyer)
   
      Re:
   
   Partial annulment of Commission Decision 2055/555/EC of 15 July 2005, 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 2005 L 188, p. 36), in so far as it excludes certain expenditure incurred by the Hellenic Republic in the beef, arable crops and fruit and vegetables sectors.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls Commission Decision 2055/555/EC of 15 July 2005, excluding from Community financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) in so far as it excludes from Community financing expenditure incurred by the Hellenic Republic in respect of extensification payments made for the years 2000 and 2001;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Dismisses the action for the remainder;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Hellenic Republic to bear two thirds of its own costs and to pay two thirds of the costs of the European Commission;
            
         
               4.
            
            
               Orders the Commission to bear one third of its own costs and to pay one third of the costs of the Hellenic Republic.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 281, 12.11.2005.