Judgment of the General Court of 10 December 2015 — Belgium v Commission
(Case T-563/13) 1
(EAGF — Expenditure excluded from financing — Expenditure incurred by Belgium — Fruit and vegetables — Obligation to state reasons — Conditions for recognition of a producer organisation — Outsourcing of core activities by a producer organisation — Amount to be excluded — Proportionality)
Language of the case: Dutch
Parties
Applicant: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: J.-C. Halleux and M. Jacobs, acting as Agents, assisted by F. Tuytschaever and M. Varga, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: H. Kranenborg and P. Rossi, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of Commission Implementing Decision 2013/433/EU of 13 August 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 L 219, p. 49), in so far as it concerns certain expenditure incurred by the Kingdom of Belgium or, in any event, limitation of the amount which must be excluded from financing.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
The Kingdom of Belgium is ordered to pay the costs.
____________1 OJ C 367, 14.12.2013.