Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 26 November 2008 - Greece v Commission
(EAGGF - Guarantee Section - Expenditure excluded from Community financing - Measures ancillary to rural development - Time-limit of 24 months - Assessment of the expenditure to be excluded - Key controls - Principle of ne bis in idem - Extrapolation of the findings of default - Principle of proportionality)
Language of the case: Greek
Parties
Applicant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: I. Chalkias and G. Kanellopoulos, Agents)
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: F. Jimeno Fernández and H. Tserepa-Lacombe, acting as Agents, and N. Korogiannakis, lawyer)
Re:
Annulment of Commission Decision 2006/554/EC of 27 July 2006 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 2006 L 218, p. 12), in so far as it excludes certain expenditure incurred by the Hellenic Republic in the sector of measures ancillary to rural development
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 281, 18.11.2006.