Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 10 July 2009 - Italy v Commission
(EAGGF - Guarantee Section - Expenditure excluded from Community financing - Raw tobacco - Obligation to state reasons - Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999)
Language of the case: Italian
Parties
Applicant: Italian Republic (represented by: G. Aiello, avvocato dello Stato)
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by C. Cattabriga and L. Visaggio, Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment in part of Commission Decision 2005/579/EC of 20 July 2005 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 2005 L 199, p. 84), in so far as it excludes certain expenditure incurred by the Italian Republic in the sector of raw tobacco.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 296, 26.11.2005.