Greece failed to fulfil obligations to recover unlawful aid paid to Greek farmers as compensation for adverse weather conditions, according to an EU Court of Justice judgment on Wednesday 12 May (case C-11/20).
In 2009, the Greek Agricultural Insurance Organization (ELGA) paid Greek farmers a total of €425 million in compensation for damage caused by adverse weather conditions in 2008. On 7 December 2011, the Commission classified these measures as unlawful State Aid incompatible with the...