Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2011:460
Date: 2011-07-07
Language of the case: Estonian
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: Agriculture and Fisheries;Approximation of laws;Public health
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Estonia

Summary of the Judgment Approximation of laws – Official control of animal feed and food – Financing – Fees payable for health inspections and controls in respect of milk production (European Parliament and Council Directive Regulation No 882/2004, Art. 27(3), (4) and (6), and Annex IV, Section B) Article 27(3) and (4) of Regulation No 882/2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules must be interpreted as enabling a Member State to levy fees at the minimum rates laid down in Annex IV, section B to that regulation without having to adopt a measure of application at national level, even though the costs borne by the competent authorities in connection with the health inspections and controls laid down in that regulation are lower than those rates, when the specified conditions for applying Article 27(6) of that regulation are not satisfied. (see para. 29, operative part)