Judgment of the General Court of 5 July 2012 - Greece v Commission
(Case T-86/08)
(EAGGF - Guarantee Section - Expenditure excluded from financing - Fruit and vegetables - Rural development - Non-compliance with payment deadlines - Compliance with a judgment of the Court - Authority of res judicata - Time-limit of 24 months - Principle of proportionality)
Language of the case: Greek
Parties
Applicant: Hellenic Republic (represented: initially by V. Kontolaimos, S. Charitaki and M. Tassopoulou and subsequently by M. Tassopoulou and I. Chalkias and K. Tsagkaropoulos, acting as Agents)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: H. Tserepa-Lacombe, acting as Agent, and P. Katsimani, lawyers)
Re:
Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2008/68/EC of 20 December 2007 excluding from Community financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) (OJ 2008 L 18, p. 12) in so far as it relates to certain expenditure incurred by the Hellenic Republic.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 142, 7.6.2008.