25.2.2019
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 72/23
Judgment of the General Court of 6 December 2018 — Portugal v Commission
(Case T-22/17) (1)
((EAFRD - Expenditure excluded from financing - Expenditure incurred by Portugal - Article 31(4)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 - Lack of evidence of serious and reasonable doubt - Key controls - Ancillary controls))
(2019/C 72/28)
Language of the case: Portuguese
Parties
Applicant: Portuguese Republic (represented by: P. Estêvão, L. Inez Fernandes, M. Figueiredo and J. Saraiva de Almeida, acting as Agents)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B. Rechena, A. Sauka and D. Triantafyllou, acting as Agents)
Re:
Action under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2018 of 15 November 2016, 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 2016 L 312, p. 26), in so far as it excludes the payments made by the competent paying agency of the Portuguese Republic under the EAFRD in the total amount of EUR 1 990 810,30.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs.
(1) OJ C 104, 3.4.2017.
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