Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2003:554
Date: 2003-10-16
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Agriculture and Fisheries;Veterinary legislation
Concepts: Health problems
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Germany

Summary of the Judgment 
Agriculture — Approximation of laws on health policy — Financing of health inspec­
tions and controls of fresh meat — Directive 85/73 — Fee levels — Cutting oper­
ations — Standard additional amount — Calculation — Criteria 
(Council Directive 85/73, Annex I, Chapter I, point 2, first indent (a)) 
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SUMMARY — CASE C-2/02 
Annex A, Chapter I, point 2, indent (a), to 
Directive 85/73 on the financing of veterin­
ary inspections and controls covered by 
Directives 89/662, 90/425, 90/675 and 
91/496, as amended and consolidated by 
Council Directive 96/43, must be inter­
preted as meaning that the standard addi­
tional amount laid down by that provision 
to cover the cost of the controls and 
inspections connected with cutting oper­
ations is payable for all meat entering the 
cutting plant, irrespective of whether it is 
actually cut in that cutting plant. 
(see para. 29, operative part) 
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