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Document 62017TN0022
Case T-22/17: Action brought on 16 January 2017 — Portugal v Commission
Case T-22/17: Action brought on 16 January 2017 — Portugal v Commission
Case T-22/17: Action brought on 16 January 2017 — Portugal v Commission
OJ C 104, 3.4.2017, p. 49–49
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
3.4.2017 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 104/49 |
Action brought on 16 January 2017 — Portugal v Commission
(Case T-22/17)
(2017/C 104/69)
Language of the case: Portuguese
Parties
Applicant: Portuguese Republic (represented by: L. Inez Fernandes, M. Figueiredo, P. Estêvão and J. Saraiva de Almeida, Agents)
Defendant: European Commission
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the General Court should:
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Annul Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2018 of 15 November 2016 (OJ 2016 L 312, p. 26), which excludes from 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), in so far as it excludes from financing the amount of EUR 1 999 810,30 in relation to expenditure declared by Portugal on the measure ‘Rural Development EAFRD Investment — private beneficiaries’, in the financial years 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014; |
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order the European Commission to pay the costs. |
Pleas in law and main arguments
In support of its action, the applicant relies on two pleas in law.
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First plea in law, alleging an infringement of Article 31(4)(c) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (OJ 2005 L 209, p. 1). |
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Second plea in law, alleging a failure to state the grounds. That plea is divided into three arguments.
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