Case C-239/17: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 25 July 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Østre Landsret — Denmark) — Gert Teglgaard, Fløjstrupgård I/S v Fødevareministeriets Klagecenter (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common agricultural policy — Support schemes for farmers — Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 — Article 6(1) — Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 — Article 23(1) — Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 — Article 66(1) — Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 — Article 70(8)(a) — Cross-compliance — Reduction in direct payments due to non-compliance with the statutory management requirements or good agricultural and environmental conditions — Determination of the year to be taken into account in order to determine the percentage reduction — Year in which the non-compliance occurred)
Date: 2018-07-25
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU direct payments, aid system, aid to agriculture, eligibility criteria, farmer, single payment scheme








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17.9.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 328/17






Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 25 July 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Østre Landsret — Denmark) — Gert Teglgaard, Fløjstrupgård I/S v Fødevareministeriets Klagecenter
(Case C-239/17) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Common agricultural policy - Support schemes for farmers - Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 - Article 6(1) - Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 - Article 23(1) - Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 - Article 66(1) - Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 - Article 70(8)(a) - Cross-compliance - Reduction in direct payments due to non-compliance with the statutory management requirements or good agricultural and environmental conditions - Determination of the year to be taken into account in order to determine the percentage reduction - Year in which the non-compliance occurred))
(2018/C 328/21)
Language of the case: Danish

Referring court

Østre Landsret

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Gert Teglgaard, Fløjstrupgård I/S

Defendant: Fødevareministeriets Klagecenter

Operative part of the judgment







1.


Article 6(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers and amending Regulations (EEC) No 2019/93, (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001, (EC) No 1454/2001, (EC) No 1868/94, (EC) No 1251/1999, (EC) No 1254/1999, (EC) No 1673/2000, (EEC) No 2358/71 and (EC) No 2529/2001, Article 6(1) of Regulation No 1782/2003, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 146/2008, and Article 23(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 247/2006 and (EC) No 378/2007 and repealing Regulation No 1782/2003 must be interpreted as meaning that reductions in direct payments due to non-compliance with the cross-compliance rules must be calculated on the basis of payments granted or to be granted in the year during which that non-compliance occurred;
Article 66(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 of 21 April 2004 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of cross-compliance, modulation and the integrated administration and control system provided for in Regulation No 1782/2003 (OJ 2004 L 141, p. 18) and Article 70(8)(a) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 of 30 November 2009 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation No 73/2009 as regards cross-compliance, modulation and the integrated administration and control system, under the direct support schemes for farmers provided for in that Regulation, as well as for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards cross-compliance under the support scheme provided for the wine sector, must be interpreted as meaning that reductions in direct payments thus calculated are to be applied to payments received or to be received in the calendar year during which the non-compliance with the cross-compliance rules is found;










2.


The relevant EU rules applicable to the calculation of the reduction in direct payments when a farmer has not complied with the cross-compliance rules in 2007-2008, but that non-compliance was found only during 2011, are Article 6(1) of Regulation No 1782/2003 for 2007 and the first three months of 2008, and Article 6(1) of that regulation, as amended by Regulation No 146/2008, for the period from April to December 2008.






(1)  OJ C 221, 10.7.2017.