Agriculture - EAGGF - Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 - Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 Community financial aid - Aid for the processing and marketing of agricultural products - Procedure for the discontinuance of aid - Failure to comply with the conditions for granting aid - Force majeure - Principle of proportionality.

«(Agriculture – EAGGF – Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 – Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 – Community financial aid – Aid for the processing and marketing of agricultural products – Procedure for the discontinuance of aid – Failure to comply with the conditions for granting aid – Force majeure – Principle of proportionality)» Summary of the Judgment 1.. Community law – Principles – Force majeure – Scope – EAGGF financial assistance – Whether applicable as a result of administrative practice, even where no legislation requires that it be taken into account 2.. Community law – Principles – Force majeure – Failure to implement planned aid for the processing and marketing of agricultural products – Lack of significant economic activity as a result of circumstances which cannot be regarded as beyond control, unusual or unforeseeable – Conditions for application not satisfied (Council Regulation No 355/77) 3.. Agriculture – Common agricultural policy – Structural reform – Common measures – Improvement of the conditions under which agricultural products are processed and marketed – EAGGF financial assistance discontinued for breach of fundamental obligations – Principle of proportionality – Breach – None (Council Regulation No 355/77) JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Second Chamber)6 March 2003 (1) ((Agriculture – EAGGF – Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 – Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 Community financial aid – Aid for the processing and marketing of agricultural products – Procedure for the discontinuance of aid – Failure to comply with the conditions for granting aid – Force majeure – Principle of proportionality)) applicants, v defendant, THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (Second Chamber), having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 11 September 2002, gives the following On those grounds, THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Second Chamber), Moura Ramos Pirrung Meij H. Jung R.M. Moura Ramos Registrar President 1 – Language of the case: Italian.