Judgment of the General Court of 17 April 2024 – Romania v Commission
(Case T-49/22) 1
(EAGF and EAFRD – Expenditure excluded from financing – Expenditure incurred by Romania – Deficiencies in administrative checks – Overlap between two investigations – Article 34(6) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 – Fallow land and temporary grassland – Article 44 of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 – Obligation to state reasons – Proportionality – Error of assessment)
Language of the case: Romanian
Parties
Applicant: Romania (represented by: E. Gane, L.-E. Baţagoi, O.-C. Ichim and R. Antonie, acting as Agents)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Biolan, A. Sauka and J. Aquilina, acting as Agents)
Re:
By its action under Article 263 TFEU, Romania seeks the annulment in part of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2020 of 17 November 2021 excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ 2021 L 413, p. 10), in so far as that decision concerns the expenditure incurred by that Member State under the EAGF and the EAFRD during the financial years 2018 and 2019, in an amount of EUR 178 320 110.85.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Romania to pay the costs.
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1 OJ C 138, 28.3.2022.