Language of document :

Judgment of the General Court of 12 July 2011 - Slovenia v Commission

(Case T-197/09) 1

(EAGGF - 'Guarantee' Section - Expenditure excluded from Community financing - Arable crops)

Language of the case: Slovene

Parties

Applicant: Republic of Slovenia (represented initially by: Ž. Cilenšek Bončina, Agent, and subsequently by L. Bembič, Agent, and J. Sladič, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by: T. van Rijn and K. Banks, subsequently by F. Jimeno Fernández and M. Žebre, and finally by F. Jimeno Fernández and B. Rous, acting as Agents)

Re:

Annulment of Commission Decision 2009/253/EC of 19 March 2009 excluding from Community financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) (OJ 2009 L 75, p. 15), in so far as it excludes certain expenditure incurred by the Republic of Slovenia.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the action;

Orders the Republic of Slovenia to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.

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1 - OJ C 180, 1.8.2009.