Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 11 June 2009 - Greece v Commission (Case T-33/07) 1 (EAGGF - Guarantee Section - Expenditure excluded from Community financing - Olive oil, cotton, dried grapes and citrus fruits - Non-compliance with payment deadlines - Period of 24 months - Assessment of the expenditure to be excluded - Key controls - Principle of proportionality - Principle of ne bis in idem - Extrapolation of the findings of default )
Language of the case: Greek
Parties
Applicant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: I. Chalkias and G. Kanellopoulos, Agents)
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: H. Tserepa-Lacombe, F. Jimeno Fernández, Agents, assisted by N. Korogiannakis, lawyer)
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 relates to certain expenditure incurred by the Hellenic Republic in the sectors of olive oil, dried grapes, citrus fruit and financial control.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 82, 14.4.2007.