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Judgment of the General Court of 16 July 2014 — Greece v Commission

(Case T-52/12) 1

(State aid — Compensation payments made by the Greek Agricultural Insurance Organisation (ELGA) in 2008 and 2009 — Decision declaring aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery — Concept of State aid — Article 107(3)(b) and (c) TFEU — Guidelines for State aid in the agricultural sector)

Language of the case: Greek

Parties

Applicant: Hellenic Republic (represented initially by I. Chalkias and S. Papaïoannou, then by I. Chalkias and A. Vasilopoulou, agents)

Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by D. Triantafyllou and S. Thomas, then by D. Triantafyllou and R. Sauer, agents)

Re:

Annulment of Commission Decision 2012/157/EU of 7 December 2011 concerning compensation payments made by the Greek Agricultural Insurance Organisation (ELGA) in 2008 and 2009 (OJ 2012 L 78, p. 21).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the action.

Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs, including those relating to the action for interim measures.

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1 OJ C 118, 21.4.2012.