Judgment of the General Court of 3 December 2015 — Poland v Commission

(Case T-367/13) ¹

(EAGGF — Guarantee Section — EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Rural Development — Expenditure incurred by Poland — Article 33b of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 — Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 — Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 — Mixed financial correction — Obligation to state reasons)

Language of the case: Polish

Parties

Applicant: Republic of Poland (Represented by: B. Majczyna and K. Straś, acting as Agents)Defendant: European Commission (rep

tion (EC) No 1258/1999 — Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 — Mixed financial correctio

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Obligation to state reasons)Language of the case: PolishPartiesApplicant: Republic of Poland (Represented by: B. Majczyna and K. Straś, acting as Agents)Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P. Rossi and A. Szmytkowska, acting as Agents)Re:Application for annulment of Commission Implementing Decision 2013/214/EU of 2 May 2013 on excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ 2013 L 123, p. 11), in so far as the Commission applies in that decision corrections amounting to EUR 8 292 783.94 and EUR 71 610 559.39 to expenditure declared by the Republic of Poland in respect of support for semi-subsistence farms.Operative part of the judgmentThe Court:Dismisses the action;Orders the Republic of Poland to pay the costs.

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¹ OJ C 260, 7.9.2013.