# C_2017046EN.01001201.xml

| 13.2.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 46/12 |
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13.2.2017

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 46/12

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Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 31 October 2016 — EP Agrarhandel GmbH v Bundesminister für Land-, Forst-,Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft

(Case C-554/16)

(2017/C 046/15)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Referring court

Verwaltungsgerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings

Parties to the main proceedings

Appellant on a point of law: EP Agrarhandel GmbH

Appellant on a point of law:

Respondent authority: Bundesminister für Land-, Forst-, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft

Respondent authority:

Questions referred

Questions referred

| 1 | Does Article 2(4) of Commission Decision 2001/672/EC (1) of 20 August 2001 laying down special rules applicable to movements of bovine animals when put out to summer grazing in mountain areas (hereinafter: ‘the Commission decision’), as amended by Commission Decision 2010/300/EU (2) of 25 May 2010, preclude a provision of national law, such as Paragraph 6(6) of the Verordnung des Bundesministers für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft über die Kennzeichnung und Registrierung von Rindern (Order of the Federal Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, the Environment and Water Management on the identification and registration of bovine animals) (‘2008 Bovine Animal Identification Order’)), BGBl II No 201/2008, which, as regards compliance with all the time-limits covered by that provision — and thus also that relating to notification of movement to summer pasture — regards receipt of the relevant notification as the determining factor? |
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Does Article 2(4) of Commission Decision 2001/672/EC (1) of 20 August 2001 laying down special rules applicable to movements of bovine animals when put out to summer grazing in mountain areas (hereinafter: ‘the Commission decision’), as amended by Commission Decision 2010/300/EU (2) of 25 May 2010, preclude a provision of national law, such as Paragraph 6(6) of the Verordnung des Bundesministers für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft über die Kennzeichnung und Registrierung von Rindern (Order of the Federal Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, the Environment and Water Management on the identification and registration of bovine animals) (‘2008 Bovine Animal Identification Order’)), BGBl II No 201/2008, which, as regards compliance with all the time-limits covered by that provision — and thus also that relating to notification of movement to summer pasture — regards receipt of the relevant notification as the determining factor?

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| 2 | What effect does the second paragraph of Article 117 of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 (3) of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 247/2006, (EC) No 378/2007 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 have on the eligibility for a premium of bovine animals whose movement to summer pasture was notified late within the meaning of Article 2(4) of the Commission decision? |
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What effect does the second paragraph of Article 117 of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 (3) of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 247/2006, (EC) No 378/2007 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 have on the eligibility for a premium of bovine animals whose movement to summer pasture was notified late within the meaning of Article 2(4) of the Commission decision?

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| 3. | If the late notification of movement to summer pasture under the second paragraph of Article 117 of Regulation No 73/2009 does not result in the loss of eligibility for a premium, are penalties to be imposed for such late notification? |
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If the late notification of movement to summer pasture under the second paragraph of Article 117 of Regulation No 73/2009 does not result in the loss of eligibility for a premium, are penalties to be imposed for such late notification?

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(1)  OJ 2001 L 235, p. 23.

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(2)  OJ 2010 L 127, p. 19.

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(3)  OJ 2009 L 30, p. 16.

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