Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 25 March2004 in Joined Cases C-231/00. C-303/00 and C-451/00 referred for apreliminary ruling by the Tribunale amministrativo regionale del Lazio (Italy)Cooperativa Lattepiù arl and Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercatoagricolo (AIMA), Azienda Agricola Marcello Balestreri e Maura Lena and RegioneLombardia, Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo (AIMA)and between Azienda Agricola Giuseppe Cantarello and Azienda di Stato pergli interventi nel mercato agricolo (AIMA), Ministero delle Politiche Agricolee Forestali (Agriculture — Common organisation of the markets — Milk and milkproducts — Additional levy on milk — Regulations (EEC) Nos 3950/92 and 536/93— Reference quantities — Ex post correction — Notification of producers)
Date: 2004-04-30
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: agricultural levy, agricultural quota, appeal to an administrative authority, derogation from EU law, interpretation of the law, milk

30.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 106/1

I

(Information)

COURT OF JUSTICE

COURT OF JUSTICE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Sixth Chamber)

of 25 March 2004

in Joined Cases C-231/00. C-303/00 and C-451/00 referred
for a preliminary ruling by the Tribunale amministrativo
regionale del Lazio (Italy) Cooperativa Lattepiù arl and
Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo
(AIMA), Azienda Agricola Marcello Balestreri e Maura
Lena and Regione Lombardia, Azienda di Stato per gli
interventi nel mercato agricolo (AIMA) and between
Azienda Agricola Giuseppe Cantarello and Azienda di
interventi nel mercato agricolo (AIMA),
Stato per gli

Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali (1)

(Agriculture — Common organisation of the markets —
Milk and milk products — Additional levy on milk — Regu-
lations (EEC) Nos 3950/92 and 536/93 — Reference quanti-
ties — Ex post correction — Notification of producers)

(2004/C 106/01)

(Language of the case: Italian)

(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published in
the European Court Reports)

In Joined Cases C-231/00, C-303/00 and C-451/00, reference
to the Court under Article 234 EC by the Tribunale amminis-
trativo regionale del Lazio (Italy) for a preliminary ruling in the
proceedings pending before that court between Cooperativa
Lattepiù arl and Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato
agricolo (AIMA)
(C-231/00), between Azienda Agricola
Marcello Balestreri e Maura Lena and Regione Lombardia,
Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo (AIMA)
(C-303/00), and between Azienda Agricola Giuseppe Cantarello
interventi nel mercato agricolo
and Azienda di Stato per gli

(AIMA), Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali (C-451/
00), – on the interpretation and validity of Articles 1, 4, 6 and
7 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 of 28 December
1992 establishing an additional
levy in the milk and milk
products sector (OJ 1992 L 405, p. 1), and of Articles 3 and 4
of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 536/93 of 9 March 1993
laying down detailed rules for the application of the additional
levy on milk and milk products (OJ 1993 L 57, p. 12) – the
Court (Sixth Chamber) composed of: V. Skouris (Rapporteur),
acting for the President of the Sixth Chamber, C. Gulmann and
J.-P. Puissochet, F. Macken and N. Colneric, Judges, P. Léger,
Advocate General, L. Hewlett and H.A. Rühl, Principal Admin-
istrators for the Registrar, have given a judgment on 25 March
2004, in which

On a proper construction of Articles 1, 4, 6 and 7 of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 of 28 December 1992 estab-
lishing an additional levy in the milk and milk products sector
and of Articles 3 and 4 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
536/93 laying down detailed rules on the application of the
additional levy on milk and milk products, it is not contrary to
those provisions for a Member State, after checks have been
carried out, to correct the individual reference quantities allo-
cated to each producer and, after the unused reference quanti-
ties have been reallocated, to recalculate in consequence the
additional levies payable, after the final date for payment of
those levies for the milk marketing year concerned

(1) OJC 247, 26.8.2000.

OJC 302, 21.10.2000.
OJC 61, 24.2.2001.