Case C-272/04: Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Tribunale di Tolmezzo by order of that Court of 16 June 2004 in the case of Azienda Agricola Franco Piemonte against Azienda per le Erogazioni in Agricoltura (AGEA)
Date: 2004-09-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: administrative sanction, agricultural levy, interpretation of the law, milk, milk product, producer co-responsibility, regulation of agricultural production

11.9.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 228/23

— Jaceli SA against Caisse Nationale de

l'Organisation
Autonome d'Assurance Vieillesse des Travailleurs Non-
Salariés des Professions Industrielles et Commerciales —
Caisse ORGANIC (Case C-267/04)

the Court Registry on 25 June 2004, for a preliminary ruling
in the case of Azienda Agricola Elena Di Doi against Azienda
per le Erogazioni in Agricoltura (AGEA) on the following ques-
tion:

— Komogo SA against Caisse Nationale de l'Organisation
Autonome d'Assurance Vieillesse des Travailleurs Non-
Salariés des Professions Industrielles et Commerciales —
Caisse ORGANIC (Case C-268/04)

— Tout pour la maison SARL against Caisse Nationale de l'Or-
ganisation Autonome d'Assurance Vieillesse des Travailleurs
Non-Salariés des Professions Industrielles et Commerciales
— Caisse ORGANIC (Case C-269/04)

Must Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 856/84 (1)of 31 March
1984 and Articles 1 to 4 of Regulation No 3950/92 (2)of 28
December 1992 be interpreted as meaning that the additional
levy on milk and milk products is in the nature of an adminis-
trative penalty with the result that producers are liable to pay it
only where quantities allocated have been exceeded by them
intentionally or as a result of negligence?

(1) OJ 1984 L 90, p. 10.
(2) OJ 1992 L 405, p. 1.

— SAS Distribution Casino France against Caisse Nationale de
l'Organisation Autonome d'Assurance Vieillesse des Travail-
leurs Non-Salariés des Professions Industrielles et Commer-
ciales — Caisse ORGANIC (Case C-270/04).

The Tribunal des affaires de sécurité sociale de Saint-Etienne
asks the Court of Justice of the European Communities to give
a preliminary ruling on the following question:

des

Carburants

(Fuel Distributors'

Should Article 87 EC be interpreted as meaning that State
funding by France through the Comité Professionnel de la
Distribution
Trade
Committee) (‘the CPDC’) and through the Fonds d'Intervention
pour la Sauvegarde de l'Artisanat et du Commerce (Intervention
Fund for the Support of Crafts and Trade) (‘the FISAC’) by way
of assistance when self-employed craftsmen and traders retire
and grants made to the old-age insurance scheme for self-
employed persons in manufacturing and trading occupations,
and to the scheme for self-employed persons in the craft sector
constitute State aid?

Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Tribunale di
Tolmezzo by order of that Court of 16 June 2004 in the
case of Azienda Agricola Elena Di Doi against Azienda per
le Erogazioni in Agricoltura (AGEA)

(Case C-271/04)

(2004/C 228/45)

Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Tribunale di
Tolmezzo by order of that Court of 16 June 2004 in the
case of Azienda Agricola Franco Piemonte against Azienda
per le Erogazioni in Agricoltura (AGEA)

(Case C-272/04)

(2004/C 228/46)

Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the Euro-
pean Communities by order of the Tribunale di Tolmezzo
(District Court, Tolmezzo, Italy) of 16 June 2004, received at
the Court Registry on 25 June 2004, for a preliminary ruling
in the case of Azienda Agricola Franco Piemonte against
in Agricoltura (AGEA) on the
Azienda per
following question:

le Erogazioni

Must Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 856/84 (1) of 31 March
1984 and Articles 1 to 4 of Regulation No 3950/92 (2) of 28
December 1992 be interpreted as meaning that the additional
levy on milk and milk products is in the nature of an adminis-
trative penalty with the result that producers are liable to pay it
only where quantities allocated have been exceeded by them
intentionally or as a result of negligence?

Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the Euro-
pean Communities by order of the Tribunale di Tolmezzo
(District Court, Tolmezzo, Italy) of 16 June 2004, received at

(1) OJ 1984 L 90, p. 10.
(2) OJ 1992 L 405, p. 1.