62023CJ0350_SUM
Case C‑350/23
Vorstand für den Geschäftsbereich II der Agrarmarkt Austria
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof)
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 19 September 2024
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Agriculture – Common agricultural policy – Direct support schemes – Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014 – Livestock aid application – Article 53(4) – Conditions for granting coupled support measures for bovine animals – Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 – Article 7 – Registration of bovine animals – Decision 2001/672/EC – Article 2(2) and (4) – Movement of bovine animals to summer grazing in mountain areas – Late notification – Delegated Regulation (EU) No 640/2014 – Points 2, 15, 16 and 18 of the second subparagraph of Article 2(1) – Article 30(4)(c) – Animal determined – Reduction in coupled support – Article 15(1) – Article 34 – Administrative penalties – Notification of failure to make an entry)
Agriculture – Common agricultural policy – Direct support schemes – Common rules – Voluntary coupled support – Animal aid scheme – Coupled support for bovine animals put out to summer grazing – Late notification of the movement of bovine animals – Incorrect entry in the computerised database which is not of relevance for the verification of the respect of the eligibility conditions of the aid application – None – Animals which may not be regarded as falling within the category of ‘animal determined’
(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1760/2000, Art. 7(1) and (2); Commission Regulations No 639/2014, Art. 53(4), and No 640/2014, as amended by Regulation 2017/723, recitals 2, 28 and 31 and Arts 2(1), second subpara., points 2(a) and 18(a), and 30(4)(c); Commission Decision 2001/672, Art. 2(2) and (4))
(see paragraphs 58, 59, 63-65, 68-75, 77-80, operative part 1)
Agriculture – Common agricultural policy – Direct support schemes – Common rules – Voluntary coupled support – Animal aid scheme – Coupled support for bovine animals put out to summer grazing – Late notification of the movement of bovine animals – Beneficiary not informed of the competent authority’s intention to carry out an on-the-spot check or informed of a non-compliance found by that authority – Application of administrative penalties – Not permissible
(Commission Regulation No 640/2014, as amended by Regulation 2017/723, Arts 15(1) and 34)
(see paragraphs 90-92, operative part 2)
See the text of the decision.