Order of the General Court of 17 December 2020 — United Kingdom v Commission

(Case T-37/20) (1)

(Action for annulment - EAGF and EAFRD - Time limit for bringing an action - Starting point - Notification and publication - No excusable error - Out of time - Inadmissibility)

(2021/C 62/40)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: S. Brandon, acting as Agent, and by T. Buley, Barrister)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Aquilina and A. Sauka, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1835 of 30 October 2019 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 2019 L 279, p. 98), in so far as it concerns certain expenditure incurred by the United Kingdom.

Operative part of the order

1.	The action is dismissed.

2.	There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the applications to intervene of the Czech Republic and the French Republic.

3.	The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission.

4.	The Czech Republic and the French Republic shall bear their own costs relating to their applications to intervene.

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(1)  OJ C 95, 23.3.2020.