Order — ECLI:EU:C:2014:2422
Date: 2014-12-04
Language of the case: Romanian
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: Agriculture and Fisheries
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Romania

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Timişoara (Romania) lodged on 3 June 2013 – Agenţia de Plăţi şi Intervenţie pentru Agricultură (APIA) – Centrul Judeţean Timiş v Curtea de Conturi a României, Camera de Conturi a Județului Timiș (Case C-304/13) Language of the case: Romanian Referring court Curtea de Apel Timişoara Parties to the main proceedings Appellant: Agenţia de Plăţi şi Intervenţie pentru Agricultură (APIA) – Centrul Judeţean Timiş Respondents: Curtea de Conturi a României, Camera de Conturi a Județului Timiș Intervener: Agenţia de Plăţi şi Intervenţie pentru Agricultură (APIA) Question referred Do the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003, 1 in particular Articles 115 and 135 thereof, preclude a State from making the grant of a premium to a farmer subject to additional conditions, which are not laid down in that regulation, namely the condition that the farmer must ‘have no debts due in respect of the State budget and/or the local budget at the date of application for the premium’? ____________ 1 Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers and amending Regulations (EEC) No 2019/93, (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001, (EC) No 1454/2001, (EC) No 1868/94, (EC) No 1251/1999, (EC) No 1254/1999, (EC) No 1673/2000, (EEC) No 2358/71 and (EC) No 2529/2001 (OJ 2003 L 270, p. 1).