Case C-84/23, Dinamel: Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 5 October 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție — Romania) — SC Dinamel Trade SRL v Ministerul Agriculturii şi Dezvoltării Rurale (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Agriculture — Common organisation of the markets — Union scales for the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcasses — Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1182 — Derogations from the general obligation to classify carcasses — Slaughterhouses — Article 2(1) — Derogations granted to small scale establishments — National legislation which makes no provision for the grant of such derogations — Compulsory or optional nature of such derogations)
Date: 2023-10-05
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: beef, carcase, common organisation of markets, meat processing industry, pigmeat, sheepmeat, small business








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2023/738


20.11.2023





Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 5 October 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție — Romania) — SC Dinamel Trade SRL v Ministerul Agriculturii şi Dezvoltării Rurale
(Case C-84/23, (1) Dinamel)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Agriculture - Common organisation of the markets - Union scales for the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcasses - Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1182 - Derogations from the general obligation to classify carcasses - Slaughterhouses - Article 2(1) - Derogations granted to small scale establishments - National legislation which makes no provision for the grant of such derogations - Compulsory or optional nature of such derogations)
(C/2023/738)
Language of the case: Romanian

Referring court

Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant at first instance and appellant in the appeal on a point of law: SC Dinamel Trade SRL

Defendant at first instance and respondent in the appeal on a point of law: Ministerul Agriculturii şi Dezvoltării Rurale

Operative part of the order

Points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 2(1) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1182 of 20 April 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Union scales for the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcasses and as regards the reporting of market prices of certain categories of carcasses and live animals,
must be interpreted as not precluding national legislation pursuant to which the requirements on classification of carcasses of bovine animals and of pigs, laid down in points A.V and B.II, respectively, of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007, apply to all slaughterhouses established in the national territory, regardless of the number of animals slaughtered per week.


(1)  Date lodged: 14.2.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/738/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)