Judgment of the General Court of 27 February 2013 - Poland v Commission
(Case T-241/10)
(EAGGF, EAGF and EAFRD - 'Guarantee' Section - Expenditure excluded from financing - Direct payments - Identification system for agricultural parcels - Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 - Lack of effectiveness and reliability - Intentional irregularities - Article 53 of Regulation (EC) No 796/2004)
Language of the case: Polish
Parties
Applicant: Republic of Poland (represented by: M. Szpunar, B. Majczyna and D. Krawczyk, Agents)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P. Rossi, A. Szmytkowska and A. Stobiecka-Kuik, Agents)
Re:
Application for the annulment of Commission Decision 2010/152/EU of 11 March 2010 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 2010 L 63, p. 7), in so far as it excludes certain expenditure incurred by the Republic of Poland.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders the Republic of Poland to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.
____________1 - OJ C 209, 31.7.2010.