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Document 62015CJ0210
Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 7 July 2016.
Republic of Poland v European Commission.
Appeal — EAGGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from EU financing — Regulations (EC) No 1257/1999 and No 1698/2005 — Early retirement of farmers and farm workers — Definitive cessation of all commercial farming activity.
Case C-210/15 P.
Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 7 July 2016.
Republic of Poland v European Commission.
Appeal — EAGGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from EU financing — Regulations (EC) No 1257/1999 and No 1698/2005 — Early retirement of farmers and farm workers — Definitive cessation of all commercial farming activity.
Case C-210/15 P.
Court reports – general – 'Information on unpublished decisions' section
Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 7 July 2016 — Poland v Commission
(Case C‑210/15 P) ( 1 )
‛Appeal — EAGGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from EU financing — Regulations (EC) No 1257/1999 and No 1698/2005 — Early retirement of farmers and farm workers — Definitive cessation of all commercial farming activity’
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Appeal — Grounds — Plea against a ground of the judgment not necessary to support the operative part — Invalid plea in law (see para. 34) |
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Agriculture — EAGGF and EAFRD financing — Support for rural development — Mechanism granting aid for early retirement — Regulations No 1257/1999 and No 1698/2005 — Conditions for granting — Exercise of an agricultural activity for commercial purposes before the surrender of the holding — Obligation to actually carry out the activity during the period prior to cessation (Council Regulations No 2328/91, Art. 5(1)(a), No 2079/92, Art. 5, point 1, second indent, No 1257/1999, Art. 10, and No 1698/2005, Art. 23(2) (see paras 39-45) |
Operative part
The Court:
1. |
Dismisses the appeal; |
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Orders the Republic of Poland to pay the costs. |
( 1 ) OJ C 236, 20.7.2015.