Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 25 July 2006.#Kingdom of Belgium v Commission of the European Communities.#EAGGF - Clearance of accounts - Arable crops - Check on areas based on a system of aerial orthoimagery (GIS) - Difference between the area declared and the area resulting from the GIS system - Administrative check and inspection on site - Loss to EAGGF.#Case T-221/04.

Subject of the case

Re:

APPLICATION for the partial annulment of Commission Decision 2004/136/EC of 4 February 2004 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 2004 L 40, p. 31), in so far as it imposes a flat-rate correction of 2% of the expenses declared by Belgium in respect of arable crops.

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.