62024CJ0287_SUM
Case C‑287/24
Ligue royale belge pour la protection des oiseaux ASBL
v
Région wallonne
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (Belgium))
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 10 July 2025
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Common agricultural policy – Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 – Practices beneficial for the climate and the environment – Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/484 – Validity – Obligation to state reasons – Invasion of Ukraine by Russia – Increase in the agricultural production potential of the European Union – Derogation from certain conditions relating to the direct greening payment – Land lying fallow considered as a distinct crop and ecological focus area even if it has been grazed, harvested for production purposes or cultivated – Necessary and justifiable nature of the measures adopted)
Agriculture – Common agricultural policy – Direct support schemes – Common rules – Payment for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment – Implementing decision derogating from certain conditions relating to the direct greening payment – Land lying fallow that has been grazed, harvested or cultivated considered as a distinct crop and ecological focus area – Assessment of validity – Obligation to state reasons – Principle of proportionality – Validity
(Arts 290(1) and 296, 2nd para., TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1307/2013, Arts 4(1)(f), 43(1) and (2), 44(1) and (4), 46(2) and 69(1) and (2); Commission Regulation No 639/2014, Art. 45(2) and (10b); Commission Decision No 2022/484, recitals 4 to 8, Arts 1 and 3)
(see paragraphs 24-54, operative part)
See the text of the decision.