# C_2021110EN.01001001.xml

| 29.3.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 110/10 |
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29.3.2021

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 110/10

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Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 4 February 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale amministrativo regionale per il Lazio — Italy) — Azienda Agricola Ambrosi Nicola Giuseppe and Others v Agenzia per le Erogazioni in Agricoltura (AGEA), Ministero delle Politiche agricole e forestali

(Case C-640/19) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Agriculture - Common organisation of markets - Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 - Milk quotas - Surplus levies - Milk used to produce cheeses with a protected designation of origin (PDO) intended for export to non-EU countries - Exclusion - Article 32(a), Article 39(1) and (2)(a), Article 40(2) and Article 41(b) TFEU - Principles of proportionality and non-discrimination - Validity)

(2021/C 110/08)

Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Tribunale amministrativo regionale per il Lazio

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicants: Azienda Agricola Ambrosi Nicola Giuseppe, Azienda Agricola Castagna Giovanni, Azienda Agricola Castellani Enio Nereo e Giuliano Ss, Azienda Agricola De Fanti Maria Teresa, Azienda Agricola Giacomazzi Vilmare, Azienda Agricola Iseo di Lunardi Giampaolo e Silvano Ss, Azienda Agricola Mastrolat di Mastrotto Franco e Luca Ss, Azienda Agricola Righetti Michele e Damiano, Azienda Agricola Scandola Stefano e Gianni, Azienda Agricola Tadiello Roberto, Azienda Agricola Turazza Mario, Azienda Agricola Zuin Tiziano, 2 B Società Agricola Srl, Azienda Agricola Fracasso Claudio, Azienda Agricola Pozzan Mirko

Defendants: Agenzia per le Erogazioni in Agricoltura (AGEA), Ministero delle Politiche agricole e forestali

Operative part of the judgment

| 1. | Articles 55, 65 and 78 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 248/2008 of 17 March 2008, must be interpreted as not excluding the quantities of milk used for the production of cheeses with a protected designation of origin intended for export to countries outside the European Union from the calculation of national quotas for the production of milk and other milk products and of surplus levies. |
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Articles 55, 65 and 78 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 248/2008 of 17 March 2008, must be interpreted as not excluding the quantities of milk used for the production of cheeses with a protected designation of origin intended for export to countries outside the European Union from the calculation of national quotas for the production of milk and other milk products and of surplus levies.

| 2. | Examination of the third question referred has not revealed any factors of such a kind as to affect the validity of Articles 55, 65 and 78 of Regulation No 1234/2007 as amended by Regulation No 248/2008. |
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Examination of the third question referred has not revealed any factors of such a kind as to affect the validity of Articles 55, 65 and 78 of Regulation No 1234/2007 as amended by Regulation No 248/2008.

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(1)  OJ C 399, 25.11.2019.

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