Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2012 - Poland v Commission
(Case T-333/09)
(EAGGF- Modulation - Allocation between the Member States of savings made - Distinction between the old Member States and those which acceded to the European Union in 2004 - Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 - Solidarity - Equal treatment - Duty to state reasons)
Language of the case: Polish
Parties
Applicant: Republic of Poland (represented: initially by M. Dowgielewicz, and subsequently by M. Szpunar, B. Majczna and D. Krawczyk, Agents)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Clotuche-Duvieusart and M. Owisany-Hornung, Agents)
Re:
Application for partial annulment of Commission Decision 2009/444 of 10 June 2009 allocating the amounts resulting from the modulation provided for in Articles 7 and 10 of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 to the Member States for the years 2009 to 2012 (OJ 2009 L 148, p. 29) in so far as Annex I allocates to Member States for 2012 the amounts resulting from the modulation provided for in Article 9(2) and (3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 247/2006, (EC) No 378/2007 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (OJ 2009 L 30, p. 16).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the application;
Orders the Republic of Poland to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 267, 7.11.2009.