CELEX: C2005/106/04
Language: en
Date: 2005-04-30 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 24 February 2005 in Case C-300/02: Hellenic Republic v Commission of the European Communities (EAGGF — Arable crops — Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 — Article 5(2)(c) — Discrepancies between annual declarations of expenses and eligible expenses — Time-limit of 24 months — Deduction of the amount of aid to farmers)

30.4.2005   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 106/3
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (First Chamber)
   of 24 February 2005
   in Case C-300/02: Hellenic Republic v Commission of the European Communities (1)
   
   (EAGGF - Arable crops - Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 - Article 5(2)(c) - Discrepancies between annual declarations of expenses and eligible expenses - Time-limit of 24 months - Deduction of the amount of aid to farmers)
   (2005/C 106/04)
   Language of the case: Greek
   In Case C-300/02: Action for annulment under Article 230 EC, brought on 21 August 2002 — Hellenic Republic (Agents: I. Chalkias and G. Kanellopoulos) v Commission of the European Communities (Agent: M. Condou-Durande and N. Korogiannakis, avocat) — Action for annulment under Article 230 EC, brought on 21 August 2002 — the Court (First Chamber Chamber), composed of P. Jann, President of the Chamber, K. Lenaerts, N. Colneric (Rapporteur), E. Juhász and M. Ilešič, Judges; P. Léger, Advocate General; L. Hewlett, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 24 February 2005, in which it:
   
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               Annuls Commission Decision 2002/524/EC of 26 June 2002, excluding from Community financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the (European Agriculture Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), in so far as it excludes from Community financing expenditure incurred by the Hellenic Republic in the arable crops sector prior to 20 August 1999, to the extent that that expenditure is affect by the correction because of discrepancies between the expenses declared and the areas eligible for aid notified;
            
         
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               Dismisses the remainder of the application;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders each party to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 247 of 12.10. 2002.