Language of document :

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 26 November 2008 - Greece v Commission

(Case T-263/06) 1

(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.

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1 - OJ C 281, 18.11.2006.