Judgment of the General Court of 26 February 2015 — Lithuania v Commission

(Case T-365/13) ¹

(EAGGF — Guarantee Section — EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Rural development measures — ‘Natural handicaps’ and agri-environment — Appropriateness of controls — Flat-rate financial corrections — Proportionality)

Language of the case: Lithuanian

Parties

Applicant: Republic of Lithuania (represented by: D. Kriaučiūnas, R. Krasuckaitė and A. Petrauskaitė, acting as Agents)Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Steiblytė and G. von Rintelen, acting as Agents)Re:Application for annulment of Commission Implementin

ality)Language of the case: LithuanianPartiesApplicant: Republic of Lithuania (represented by: D.

 Kri

aučiūnas, R. Krasuckaitė and A. Petrauskaitė, acting as Agents)Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Steiblytė and G. von Rintelen, acting as Agents)Re:Application for annulment of Commission Implementing Decision 2013/214/EU of 2 May 201

AGF) and under the European Agr

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und for Rural Development (EAFRD) in so far as it imposes a financial correction of 5% with respect to the agro-environmental measures connected with the criterion relating to the use of fertilisers;Dismisses the remainder of the action;Orders the Republic of Lithuania and the European Commission to bear their own costs.