Judgment;Summary — ECLI:EU:C:2019:355
Date: 2019-05-02
Language of the case: Dutch
Court formation: Ninth Chamber
Subject matter: Public health
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Netherlands

Request for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven (Netherlands) lodged on 12 February 2018 — T. Boer & Zonen BV v Staatssecretaris van Economische Zaken (Case C-96/18) Language of the case: Dutch Referring court College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven Parties to the main proceedings Applicant: T. Boer & Zonen BV Defendant: Staatssecretaris van Economische Zaken Question referred Should the provisions of Annex III, Section I, Chapter VII, points 1 and 3, to Regulation No 853/2004 1 be interpreted as meaning that the cooling of meat must take place in the slaughterhouse itself — such that the loading of the meat into a refrigerated truck may commence once that meat has attained a maximum temperature of 7 degrees Celsius — or may the cooling of the meat also take place in the refrigerated truck, provided that the truck does not leave the premises of the slaughterhouse? ____________ 1 Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (OJ 2004 L 139, p. 55).