68As for the Hellenic Republic’s argument that, although aid had been paid by cheque, the objective of Article 15(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1169/97 of 26 June 1997 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 introducing a Community aid scheme for producers of certain citrus fruits (OJ 1997 L 169, p. 15), namely that producers should receive aid within the relevant time-limits, had been achieved, it must be declared to have no bearing on the issue, since payments must be made in accordance with the Community rules in order to be financed by the EAGGF (see, to that effect, judgment of 9 April 2008 in Case T-364/04 Greece v Commission, not published in the ECR, paragraph 69).
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