Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 9 September 2011.#Hellenic Republic v European Commission.#EAGGF - Guaranteee Section - Expenditure excluded from Community financing - Beef - Extensification payment - Arable crops - Fruit and vegetables - Aid for processing of citrus fruit - Conditions for application of 100% flat-rate financial correction - Proportionality.#Case T-344/05.

Subject of the case

Re:

APPLICATION for partial annulment of Commission Decision 2055/555/EC of 15 July 2005, 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 2005 L 188, p. 36), in so far as it excludes certain expenditure incurred by the Hellenic Republic in the beef, arable crops and fruit and vegetables sectors.

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Annuls Commission Decision 2055/555/EC of 15 July 2005, excluding from Community financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) in so far as it excludes from Community financing expenditure incurred by the Hellenic Republic in respect of extensification payments made for the years 2000 and 2001;

2. Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

3. Orders the Hellenic Republic to bear two thirds of its own costs and to pay two thirds of the costs of the European Commission;

4. Orders the Commission to bear one third of its own costs and to pay one third of the costs of the Hellenic Republic.