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Judgment of the General Court of 22 January 2013 - Greece v Commission

(Case T-46/09) 

(EAGGF - 'Guarantee' Section - Expenditure excluded from financing -Processing of citrus fruits, cotton, beef and olive oil - Financial audit - Key checks - Proportionality - Recurrence - Obligation to state reasons)

Language of the case: Greek

Parties

Applicant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: V. Kontolaimos, I. Chalkias, S. Charitaki and S. Papaïoannou, acting as Agents)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Markoulli and H. Tserepa-Lacombe, acting as Agents, assisted by N. Korogiannakis)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2008/960/EC of 8 December 2008 excluding from Community financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) (OJ 2008 L 340, p. 99), in so far as it excludes from Community financing certain expenditure incurred by the Hellenic Republic.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the application;

Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.

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1 - OJ C 90, 18.4.2009.