CELEX: 62019TA0046
Language: en
Date: 2020-09-09 00:00:00
Title: Case T-46/19: Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2020 — Greece v Commission (EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Area-related aid scheme — Definition of ‘permanent grasslands’ — Article 4(1)(h) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 — Integrated administration and control system — Key controls — Regulation No 1306/2013 — Duty to state reasons)

9.11.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 378/28
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2020 — Greece v Commission
      (Case T-46/19) (1)
      
      (EAGF and EAFRD - Expenditure excluded from financing - Area-related aid scheme - Definition of ‘permanent grasslands’ - Article 4(1)(h) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 - Integrated administration and control system - Key controls - Regulation No 1306/2013 - Duty to state reasons)
      (2020/C 378/33)
      Language of the case: Greek
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: G. Kanellopoulos, E. Leftheriotou and A. Vasilopoulou, acting as Agents)
      
         Defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. Konstantinidis, J. Aquilina and A. Sauka, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Application based on Article 263 TFEU for the partial annulment of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1841 of 16 November 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 298, p. 34) to the extent that it concerns the expenditure incurred by the Hellenic Republic.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1841 of 16 November 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) is annulled to the extent that it imposes on the Hellenic Republic a flat rate correction of 2 % on Decoupled Direct Aids; in an amount of EUR 12 342 563.07 for the 2016 financial year and EUR 12 060 283.13 for the 2017 financial year.
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  The action is dismissed for the remainder.
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  The European Commission and the Hellenic Republic shall bear their own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 93, 11.3.2019.