Judgment_paragraph 35 · Commission of the European Communities v Portuguese Republic (C-84/04)

35That line of argument cannot be accepted. The prohibition on deductions cannot be interpreted in a purely formal manner as covering only deductions which are actually made on the occasion of payments. Thus the prohibition on any deduction must of necessity extend to all charges which are directly and inseparably linked to the amounts disbursed (see by analogy, concerning the Guarantee Section of the EAGGF, Case C-312/02 Sweden v Commission [2004] ECR I-9247, paragraph 22).