Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 25 July 2006 - Belgium v Commission
(EAGGF - Clearance of accounts - Arable crops - Check on areas based on a system of aerial orthoimagery (GIS) - Difference between the area declared and the area resulting from the GIS system - Administrative check and inspection on site - Loss to EAGGF)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: initially, A. Goldman and E. Dominkovits, Agents, subsequently M. Wimmer, Agent, assisted by H. Gilliams, P. de Bandt and L. Goossens, lawyers)
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: M. Nolin and L. Visaggio, Agents)
Re:
Application for partial annulment of Commission Decision 2004/136/EC of 4 February 2004 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 2004 L 40, p. 31), in so far as it imposes a flat-rate correction of 2% of the expenses declared by Belgium in respect of arable crops.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action.
2. Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 118, 30.4.2004 (Case C-176/04).