Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 31 January 2012.#Kingdom of Spain v European Commission.#EAGGF – ‘Guarantee’ section – Expenditure excluded from Community financing – Wine sector – Prohibition on new vine plantations – National monitoring systems – Lump-sum financial correction – Procedural guarantees – Error of assessment – Proportionality.#Case T-206/08.

Subject of the case

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment in part of Commission Decision 2008/321/EC of 8 April 2008 excluding from Community financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) (OJ 2008 L 109, p. 35).

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.