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Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 10 September 2008 - Italy v Commission

(Case T-381/04) 1

(EAGGF - Guarantee Section - Expenditure excluded from Community financing - Animal subsidies and rural development - Inadequate national management and control system)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Italian Republic (represented by: M.Fiorilli, lawyer)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: C.Cattabriga and L.Visaggio, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for partial annulment of Commission Decision 2004/561/EC of 16 July 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 L 250, p. 21), in so far as it excludes certain expenditure incurred by the Italian Republic in the sectors of animal subsidies and rural development.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

dismisses the action;

orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs.

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1 - OJ C 273, 6.11.2004.