28.8.2017
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 283/33
Judgment of the General Court of 12 July 2017 — Estonia v Commission
(Case T-157/15) (1)
((EAGF and EAFRD - Expenditure excluded from financing - Expenditure incurred by Estonia - Cross compliance - Obligation to state reasons - Proportionality - Principle of sound administration - Legal certainty))
(2017/C 283/48)
Language of the case: Estonian
Parties
Applicant: Republic of Estonia (represented initially by K. Kraavi-Käerdi, subsequently by N. Grünberg, acting as Agents)
Defendant: Commission (represented by: A. Sauka and E. Randvere, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application based on Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/103 of 16 January 2015 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 2015 L 16, p. 33) to the extent that it concerns the expenditure incurred by the Republic of Estonia amounting to EUR 691 746,53.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders the Republic of Estonia to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.
(1) OJ C 190, 8.6.2015.
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