62022CJ0538_SUM
Case C‑538/22 (
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SB
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Agrárminiszter
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék)
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 4 July 2024
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Agriculture – Common agricultural policy – Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 – Article 52 – Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014 – Article 53(1) – Definition of eligibility criteria for coupled support measures – Competence of the Member States – Delegated Regulation (EU) No 640/2014 – Points 16 and 18 of the second subparagraph of Article 2(1) – Distinction between ‘declared animals’ and ‘animals determined’ – Article 30(3) – Support calculated on the basis of animals determined – Article 31(1) to (3) – Administrative penalties for non-compliance among declared animals – Application for coupled support linked to the keeping of suckler cows – Calving rate set in national regulations not reached by all declared animals – Rate achieved by a smaller number of those animals – National practice refusing support)
Agriculture – Common agricultural policy – Direct support schemes – Common rules – Voluntary coupled support – Animal aid scheme – Application for coupled support linked to the keeping of suckler cows – National practice of rejecting the application where the calving rate is lower than the level set in national legislation instead of reducing the amount of the support – Whether permissible
(European Parliament and Council Regulations No 1306/2013 and No 1307/2013, Arts 52(9), 53(6) and 54; Commission Regulations No 639/2014, as amended by Regulation 2018/1784, Arts 53(1) and 67(1), and Annex I, point 3(f), and No 640/2014, as amended by Regulation 2016/1393, recitals 28 and 31, Art. 2(1), second subpara., points 16 and 18, and Arts 30(3) and 31)
(see paragraphs 39-42, 46-51, 59, operative part)
See the text of the decision.
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)	The name of the present case is a fictitious name. It does not correspond to the real name of any of the parties to the proceedings.