Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 12 September 2007 — Finland v Commission

(Case T-230/04) (1)

(EAGGF - Guarantee section - System of control of area aid in certain regions - Expenditure excluded from Community financing)

(2007/C 247/38)

Language of the case: Finnish

Parties

Applicant: Republic of Finland (represented: initially by A. Guimaraes-Purokoski and T. Pynnä and subsequently by A. Guimaraes-Purokoski and E. Bygglin, Agents)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: M. Huttunen and L. Visaggio, Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2004/136/EC of 4 February 2004 excluding from Community financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) (OJ 2004 L 40, p. 31) in so far as it excludes certain expenditure incurred by the Republic of Finland in connection with area aid in certain regions, because of the insufficiency of the system of control applied.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

(1)  OJ C 146, 29.5.2004 (formerly Case C-162/04).