Judgment of the General Court of 6 July 2015 — Italian Republic v Commission

(Case T-44/11) ¹

(EAGGF — Guarantee Section — EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Aid for the production of skimmed-milk powder — Irregularities or negligence attributable to administrative authorities or bodies of the Member States — Proportionality — Obligation to state reasons — Principle of ne bis in idem — Reasonable period)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Italian Republic (represented by: G. Palmieri, acting as Agent, assisted by L. Ventrella and G. Fiengo, avvocati dello Stato)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P. Rossi and D. Nardi, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for partial annulment of Commission Decision 2010/668/EU of 4 November 2010 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 288, p. 24), to the extent that it excludes certain expenditure incurred by the Italian Republic.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the action;

Orders the Italian Republic to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.

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¹ OJ C 80, 12.3.2011.