Judgment of the General Court of 25 February 2015 — Poland v Commission
(Case T-257/13) 1
(EAGGF — Guarantee Section — EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from the financing — Rural Development — Expenditure effected by Poland — Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 — Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 — Effectiveness of checks — Obligation to state reasons — Principle of subsidiarity)
Language of the case: Polish
Parties
Applicant: Republic of Poland (represented by: B. Majczyna and D. Krawczyk, Agents)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P. Rossi and A. Szmytkowska, Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of Commission Implementing Decision 2013/123/EU of 26 February 2013 on 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 2013 L 67, p. 20), so far as concerns the ‘Early retirement’ action sector implemented by the Republic of Poland.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders the Republic of Poland to pay the costs.
________________________1 OJ C 207, 20.7.2013.