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Court of Justice of the European Union

PRESS RELEASE No 77/21

Luxembourg, 12 May 2021

udgment in Case C-11/20 Commission v Greece (Aid to farmers)

Greece has failed to fulfil its obligations by failing to recover unlawful aid paid to Greek farmers as compensation for adverse weather conditions

In 2009, the Greek Agricultural Insurance Organisation (ELGA) – a public body the purpose of which is to insure agricultural holdings against damage due to natural risks – paid Greek farmers compensation totalling €425 million for damage that had occurred in 2008 as a result of adverse weather conditions.

By decision of 7 December 2011, the Commission classified those measures as unlawful State aid incompatible with the internal market. 1 Accordingly, it ordered the Greek authorities to recover them from the beneficiaries. 

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