15.4.2019   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 139/17


Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 27 February 2019 — Hellenic Republic v European Commission

(Case C-670/17 P) (1)

(Appeal - European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) - Guidance Section - Reduction of financial assistance - Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 - Operational programme - Financial corrections - Article 39 - Legal basis - Transitional provisions)

(2019/C 139/15)

Language of the case: Greek

Parties

Appellant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: G. Kanellopoulos, A. Vasilopoulou and I. Pachi, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: D. Triantafyllou and J. Aquilina, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 19 September 2017, Greece v Commission (T-327/15, not published, EU:T:2017:631);

2.

Annuls Commission Implementing Decision C(2015) 1936 final of 25 March 2015 on applying financial correction on the EAGGF Guidance Section of the operational programme CCI No 2000GR061PO021 (Greece — Objective 1 — Rural Reconstruction);

3.

Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Hellenic Republic both in the proceedings at first instance and on appeal.


(1)  OJ C 42, 5.2.2018.