Judgment of the General Court of 15 July 2015 — Spain v Commission
(Case T-561/13) 1
(EAGGF — Guarantee Section — EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Rural development programme for Galicia (2007 2013) — Rural development support measures — Compensation payments for natural handicaps — Expenses incurred by Spain — On-the-spot checks — Obligation to carry out a census of animals — Article 10(2) and (4) and Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1975/2006 — Article 35(1) of Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 — Default procedure)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: initially N. Díaz Abad, then M. Sampol Pucurull, abogados del Estado)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: I. Galindo Martín and P. Rossi, acting as Agents)
Re:
Action for partial annulment of Commission Implementing Decision 2013/433/EU of 13 August 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 219, p. 49) in so far as it concerns expenditure incurred by the Kingdom of Spain amounting to EUR 757 968.97.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders the kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs.
____________1 OJ C 367, 14.12.2013.