Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 17 June 2009 - Portugal v Commission
(EAGGF - Guarantee Section - Expenditure excluded from Community financing - Arable crops - Durum wheat - Period of 24 months - First communication referred to in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1663/95 - On-the-spot checks - Remote sensing - Effectiveness of checks - Results of checks - Corrective action to be taken by the Member State concerned - Existence of financial harm to the EAGGF)
Language of the case: Portuguese
Parties
Applicant: Portuguese Republic (represented by: L. Fernandes, P. Barros da Costa, Agents, assisted by M. Figueiredo, lawyer)
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: P. Guerra e Andrade and F. Jimeno Fernández, Agents)
Re:
Application for partial annulment of Commission Decision 2006/932/EC of 14 December 2006 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 2006 L 355, p. 96), in so far as it excludes from Community financing certain expenditure incurred by the Portuguese Republic in the sector of arable crops (durum wheat).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls Commission Decision 2006/932/EC of 14 December 2006 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 that decision excludes in respect of the Portuguese Republic certain expenditure incurred in the sector of arable crops (durum wheat) during the marketing year 2003;
Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
Orders each party to bear its own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 95, 28.4.2007.