Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2017:842
Date: 2017-11-09
Language of the case: Dutch
Court formation: Tenth Chamber
Subject matter: Agriculture and Fisheries;Agricultural structures
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling;Reference for a preliminary ruling - decision unnecessary
Origin: Netherlands

Summary — Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber), 9 November 2017 Agriculture — Common agricultural policy — Direct support schemes — Common rules — Single payment scheme — Veal farmer who concluded an integration contract — Contractual term authorising the payment of aid to the integration undertaking — Lawfulness (Council Regulation No 73/2009) Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 247/2006, (EC) No 378/2007 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, must be interpreted as not precluding a contractual term under which the amount of aid which a veal farmer is entitled to claim under the single payment scheme is payable to an integration undertaking in the case where the transfer of that aid takes place within the context of reciprocal benefits and obligations negotiated between the parties to the contract. (see para. 29, operative part)