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Document 62021TN0033
Case T-33/21: Action brought on 22 January 2021 — Romania v Commission
Case T-33/21: Action brought on 22 January 2021 — Romania v Commission
Case T-33/21: Action brought on 22 January 2021 — Romania v Commission
OJ C 163, 3.5.2021, p. 37–38
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
3.5.2021 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 163/37 |
Action brought on 22 January 2021 — Romania v Commission
(Case T-33/21)
(2021/C 163/50)
Language of the case: Romanian
Parties
Applicant: Romania (represented by: E. Gane and L. Bațagoi, acting as Agents)
Defendant: European Commission
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
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annul in part Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1734 of 18 November 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) (1), as regards the expenditure, in a total amount of EUR 18 717 475,08, incurred by Romania’s accredited paying agency and declared under the EAFRD, which represents a flat-rate correction (25 %) applied to payments made in the financial years 2017, 2018 and 2019 under sub-measure 1a of measure 215 of the National Rural Development Programme (NRDP) 2007-2013; |
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order the Commission to pay the costs. |
Pleas in law and main arguments
In support of the action, the applicant relies on two pleas in law.
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First plea in law, alleging the unlawful use, by the Commission, of the power to exclude amounts from Union financing under Article 52 of Regulation No 1306/2013, in breach of Articles 76 to 78 of Regulation No 1605/2002, Article 40(3) of Regulation No 1698/2005, and Article 12(6) and (7) of Regulation No 907/2014, as well as the principles of legal certainty, legitimate expectations and sound administration
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Second plea in law, alleging infringement of the duty to state reasons laid down in the second paragraph of Article 296 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
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