# C_2013156EN.01002403.xml

| 1.6.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 156/24 |
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1.6.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 156/24

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Request for a preliminary ruling from the Riigikohus (Estonia) lodged on 28 March 2013 — MTÜ Liivimaa Lihaveis v Eesti-Läti programmi 2007-2013 Seirekomitee

(Case C-175/13)

2013/C 156/39

Language of the case: Estonian

Referring court

Referring court

Riigikohus (Estonia)

Parties to the main proceedings

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant and appellant: MTÜ Liivimaa Lihaveis

Applicant and appellant:

Defendant and respondent: Eesti-Läti programmi 2007-2013 Seirekomitee

Defendant and respondent:

Intervener: Eesti Vabariigi Siseministeerium

Intervener:

Questions referred

Questions referred

| 2.1 | Are the Member States taking part in the Estonia-Latvia Programme 2007-2013, when setting up the monitoring committee referred to in Articles 63(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 (1) and Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006, (2) required, in accordance with the third sentence of Article 19(1) of the Treaty on European Union and Article 47(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, to agree which court has jurisdiction to hear actions brought against decisions of the monitoring committee and under which law the actions are heard? |
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2.1

Are the Member States taking part in the Estonia-Latvia Programme 2007-2013, when setting up the monitoring committee referred to in Articles 63(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 (1) and Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006, (2) required, in accordance with the third sentence of Article 19(1) of the Treaty on European Union and Article 47(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, to agree which court has jurisdiction to hear actions brought against decisions of the monitoring committee and under which law the actions are heard?

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| 2.2 | If the answer Question 2.1. is in the affirmative, yet there is no such agreement, is it then consistent with Article 63(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 if an action brought against a decision of the monitoring committee is heard on the basis of national law by a court of the Member State of the person who has brought the action? |
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2.2

If the answer Question 2.1. is in the affirmative, yet there is no such agreement, is it then consistent with Article 63(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 if an action brought against a decision of the monitoring committee is heard on the basis of national law by a court of the Member State of the person who has brought the action?

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(1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 (OJ 2006 L 210, p. 25).

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(2)  Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the European Regional Development Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1783/1999 (OJ 2006 L 210, p. 1).

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