17.2.2020   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 54/47


Judgment of the General Court of 19 December 2019 — Bulgaria v Commission

(Case T-22/18) (1)

(EAGF and EAFRD - Expenditure excluded from financing - Expenditure incurred by Bulgaria - Rural development - Quality of on-the-spot checks - Review of eligibility and selection criteria - Financial corrections - Ex post controls - Method for calculating financial corrections - Recurrence - Corrective measures - Conformity clearance procedure - Legal certainty - Principle of sound financial management - Proportionality)

(2020/C 54/51)

Language of the case: Bulgarian

Parties

Applicant: Republic of Bulgaria (represented by: E. Petranova and L. Zaharieva, acting as Agents)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Aquilina, G. Koleva and V. Bottka, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking the partial annulment of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2014 of 8 November 2017 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) (OJ 2017 L 292, p. 61).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders the Republic of Bulgaria to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 104, 19.3.2018.