21.4.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 118/24


Judgment of the General Court of 6 March 2012 — Spain v Commission

(Case T-230/10) (1)

(EAGGF - Guarantee Section - Expenditure excluded from financing - Fruit and vegetables - Obligation to justify expenditure - Conditions for recognition of producer organisations)

2012/C 118/40

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Kingdom of Spain (represented initially by M. Muñoz Pérez and A. Rubio González, and subsequently by Rubio González, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Jimeno Fernández, Agent)

Re:

Application for partial annulment of Commission Decision 2010/152/EU of 11 March 2010 excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ 2010 L 63, p. 7), in so far as it excludes certain expenditure incurred by the Kingdom of Spain in the fruit and vegetables sector.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 209, 31.7.2010.