EAGGF Guarantee Section Expenditure excluded from Community financing On the spot checks Butter Check of the quantity of product obtained Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
Sumário
Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 26 November 2008.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v Commission of the European Communities.
EAGGF - Guarantee Section - Expenditure excluded from Community financing - Butter - Check of the quantity of product obtained - On-the-spot checks - Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2571/97.
Case T-278/06.
Texto da decisão
Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 26 November 2008 – United Kingdom v Commission
(Case T-278/06)
EAGGF – Guarantee Section – Expenditure excluded from Community financing – Butter – Check of the quantity of product obtained – On-the-spot checks – Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
1. Agriculture – EAGGF – Clearance of accounts – Disallowance of expenditure arising from irregularities in the application of the Community rules (Council Regulation No 1258/1999) (see paras 21-23, 91, 100)
2. Agriculture – Common organisation of the markets – Milk and milk products (Commission Regulation No 2571/97, Art. 23(2)) (see paras 48-55, 58, 68)
3. Economic and social cohesion – Structural assistance – Financing granted for national projects (Commission Regulation No 2571/97, Art. 23(2)) (see para. 71)
Re:
| ACTION for annulment in part 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 expenses incurred by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the sector of concentrated butter in the food industry. |
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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2. |
Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to pay the costs. |