# C_2015414EN.01002002.xml

| 14.12.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 414/20 |
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14.12.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 414/20

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Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas lodged on 25 September 2015 in the administrative proceedings for review of legality between Agrodetalė UAB and Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministerija

(Case C-513/15)

(2015/C 414/25)

Language of the case: Lithuanian

Referring court

Referring court

Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas

Parties to the main proceedings

Parties to the main proceedings

Interested parties: Agrodetalė UAB, Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministerija

Interested parties:

Questions referred

Questions referred

| 1. | Do the provisions of Directive 2003/37/EC (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on type-approval of agricultural or forestry tractors, their trailers and interchangeable towed machinery, together with their systems, components and separate technical units and repealing Directive 74/150/EEC apply to the supply to the EU market and registration of used or second-hand vehicles manufactured outside the European Union or can Member States regulate the registration of such vehicles in a Member State by special national rules and impose requirements applicable to such registration (for example, the obligation to comply with the requirements of Directive 2003/37/EC)? |
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Do the provisions of Directive 2003/37/EC (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on type-approval of agricultural or forestry tractors, their trailers and interchangeable towed machinery, together with their systems, components and separate technical units and repealing Directive 74/150/EEC apply to the supply to the EU market and registration of used or second-hand vehicles manufactured outside the European Union or can Member States regulate the registration of such vehicles in a Member State by special national rules and impose requirements applicable to such registration (for example, the obligation to comply with the requirements of Directive 2003/37/EC)?

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| 2. | Can Article 23(1)(b) of Directive 2003/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on type-approval of agricultural or forestry tractors, their trailers and interchangeable towed machinery, together with their systems, components and separate technical units and repealing Directive 74/150/EEC, read in conjunction with Article 2(q) thereof, be interpreted as laying down that the provisions of the directive are applicable to machinery in categories Tl, T2 and T3 manufactured after 1 July 2009? |
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Can Article 23(1)(b) of Directive 2003/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on type-approval of agricultural or forestry tractors, their trailers and interchangeable towed machinery, together with their systems, components and separate technical units and repealing Directive 74/150/EEC, read in conjunction with Article 2(q) thereof, be interpreted as laying down that the provisions of the directive are applicable to machinery in categories Tl, T2 and T3 manufactured after 1 July 2009?

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(1)  OJ 2003 L 171, p. 1.

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