Judgment of the General Court of 17 October 2012 - Spain v Commission
(Case T-491/09)
(EAGGF - 'Guarantee' section - Expenditure excluded from financing - Premiums in the ovine and caprine meat sector - On-the-spot inspections)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Kingdom of Spain (represented initially by M. Muñoz Pérez; subsequently by S. Martínez-Lage Sobredo and finally by A. Rubio González, abogados del Estado)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Jimeno Fernández, acting as Agent)
Re:
Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2009/721/EC of 24 September 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), under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ 2009 L 257, p. 28).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 37, 13.2.2010.