Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 24 March 2011.#Hellenic Republic v European Commission.#EAGGF - Guarantee Section - Expenditure excluded from Community financing - Common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector - Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1663/95 and Article 11(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 885/2006 - Assessment of the risk of financial loss to the EAGGF - Principle of proportionality.#Case T-184/09.

Subject of the case

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment of Commission Decision 2009/253/EC of 19 March 2009 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 2009 L 75, p. 15), in so far as it excludes certain expenditure incurred by the Hellenic Republic in the context of the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector.

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.