# C_2016305EN.01000801.xml

| 22.8.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 305/8 |
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22.8.2016

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 305/8

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Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 16 June 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de grande instance de Nanterre — France) — Saint Louis Sucre, formerly Saint Louis Sucre SA v Directeur général des douanes et droits indirects

(Case C-96/15) (1)

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((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Agriculture - Sugar - Production levies - Right to reimbursement - Sugar held in stock and not exported - Undue enrichment - Freedom to conduct a business - Method of calculation))

(2016/C 305/11)

Language of the case: French

Referring court

Referring court

Tribunal de grande instance de Nanterre

Parties to the main proceedings

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Saint Louis Sucre, formerly Saint Louis Sucre SA

Applicant:

Defendant: Directeur général des douanes et droits indirects

Defendant:

Operative part of the judgment

Operative part of the judgment

| 1. | Article 15(2) and (8) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector must be interpreted as meaning that it does not confer on a sugar producer the right to be reimbursed for production levies paid on the quantities of sugar under A and B quotas which were still stored on 30 June 2006, as the production levy system was not renewed after that date by Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector. |
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Article 15(2) and (8) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector must be interpreted as meaning that it does not confer on a sugar producer the right to be reimbursed for production levies paid on the quantities of sugar under A and B quotas which were still stored on 30 June 2006, as the production levy system was not renewed after that date by Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector.

| 2. | No factors have been disclosed capable of affecting the validity of Council Regulation (EU) No 1360/2013 of 2 December 2013 fixing the production levies in the sugar sector for the 2001/2002, 2002/2003, 2003/2004, 2004/2005 and 2005/2006 marketing years, the coefficient required for calculating the additional levy for the 2001/2002 and 2004/2005 marketing years and the amount to be paid by sugar manufacturers to beet sellers in respect of the difference between the maximum levy and the levy to be charged for the 2002/2003, 2003/2004 and 2005/2006 marketing years. |
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No factors have been disclosed capable of affecting the validity of Council Regulation (EU) No 1360/2013 of 2 December 2013 fixing the production levies in the sugar sector for the 2001/2002, 2002/2003, 2003/2004, 2004/2005 and 2005/2006 marketing years, the coefficient required for calculating the additional levy for the 2001/2002 and 2004/2005 marketing years and the amount to be paid by sugar manufacturers to beet sellers in respect of the difference between the maximum levy and the levy to be charged for the 2002/2003, 2003/2004 and 2005/2006 marketing years.

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(1)  OJ C 146, 4.5.2015.

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