The European Court of Justice on Thursday upheld an earlier decision of the European Commission ordering Greece to recover 250 million euros in farming subsidies, rejecting a Greek petition to revoke it. The Commission had ordered Greece to recover the funds, which it said had been given to Greek farmers in violation of Community rules for farming subsidies.

The court said the Commission’s position had been upheld because Greece had failed to complete a geographical information system on the olive-growing sector nor a system for the recognition of farm land.