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Document 62020TA0537
Case T-537/20: Judgment of the General Court of 7 December 2022 — Lithuania v Commission (EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Expenditure by Lithuania — Aid for early retirement — Article 52(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 — Article 34(6) and Article 35(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014)
Case T-537/20: Judgment of the General Court of 7 December 2022 — Lithuania v Commission (EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Expenditure by Lithuania — Aid for early retirement — Article 52(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 — Article 34(6) and Article 35(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014)
Case T-537/20: Judgment of the General Court of 7 December 2022 — Lithuania v Commission (EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Expenditure by Lithuania — Aid for early retirement — Article 52(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 — Article 34(6) and Article 35(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014)
OJ C 35, 30.1.2023, p. 49–49
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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30.1.2023 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 35/49 |
Judgment of the General Court of 7 December 2022 — Lithuania v Commission
(Case T-537/20) (1)
(EAGF and EAFRD - Expenditure excluded from financing - Expenditure by Lithuania - Aid for early retirement - Article 52(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 - Article 34(6) and Article 35(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014)
(2023/C 35/56)
Language of the case: Lithuanian
Parties
Applicant: Republic of Lithuania (represented by: R. Dzikovič and K. Dieninis, acting as Agents)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Aquilina, J. Jokubauskaitė and M. Kaduczak, acting as Agents)
Re:
By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the Republic of Lithuania seeks the annulment of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/859 of 16 June 2020 excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ 2020 L 195, p. 59), in so far as that decision imposed on it a flat-rate financial correction of 5 %, thereby excluding the sum of EUR 2 186 447,97 from financing under the early retirement aid measure during the period from 16 October 2013 to 30 June 2018.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders the Republic of Lithuania to pay the costs. |