Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2010:95
Date: 2010-02-25
Language of the case: Hungarian
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: Agriculture and Fisheries;Processed fruit and vegetables
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Hungary

Summary of the Judgment 1. Agriculture – Common organisation of the markets – Products processed from fruit and vegetables – Production aid – Peaches in syrup and/or in natural fruit juice – Included – Conditions (Council Regulation No 2201/96, Art. 2(1); Commission Regulations No 2320/89 and No 1535/2003) 2. Agriculture – Common organisation of the markets – Products processed from fruit and vegetables – Production aid – Finished products – Definition (Council Regulation No 2201/96; Commission Regulation No 1535/2003, Art. 2(1)) 1. Article 2(1) of Regulation No 2201/96 on the common organisation of the markets in processed fruit and vegetable products, as amended by Regulation No 386/2004, must be interpreted as meaning that a product which is covered by one of the CN codes listed in Annex I to that regulation, as amended, including CN code 2008 70 92, and which corresponds to the definition ‘peaches in syrup and/or in natural fruit juice’, within the meaning of that regulation, read in conjunction with Regulation No 1535/2003 laying down detailed rules for applying Regulation No 2201/96 as regards the aid scheme for products processed from fruit and vegetables, as amended by Regulation No 386/2004, and with Regulation No 2320/89 laying down minimum quality requirements for peaches in syrup and/or in natural fruit juice under the production aid scheme, as amended by Regulation No 996/2001, qualifies for the aid scheme referred to in that provision. (see para. 32, operative part 1) 2. The product obtained at the end of each different stage of processing of peaches may be regarded as being a finished product for the purposes of Regulations No 2201/96 on the common organisation of the markets in processed fruit and vegetables and No 1535/2003 laying down detailed rules for applying Regulation No 2201/96 as regards the aid scheme for products processed from fruit and vegetables, as amended by Regulation No 386/2004, provided that it has the characteristics set out in Article 2(1) of Regulation No 1535/2003. (see para. 39, operative part 2)