Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2011 - Greece v Commission
(EAGGF - Guarantee Section - Expenditure excluded from Community financing - Common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector - Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1663/95 and Article 11(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 885/2006 -Assessment of the risk of financial loss to the EAGGF - Principle of proportionality)
Language of the case: Greek
Parties
Applicant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: V. Kontolaimos, E. Leftheriotou and V. Karra, Agents)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Jimeno Fernández and A. Markoulli, Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2009/253/EC of 19 March 2009 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 2009 L 75, p. 15), in so far as it excludes certain expenditure incurred by the Hellenic Republic in the context of the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 193, 15.8.2009.