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| 14.12.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 367/7 |

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Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 October 2013 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Stuttgart — Germany) — Herbert Schaible v Land Baden-Württemberg

(Case C-101/12)[(1)](#ntr1-C_2013367EN.01000702-E0001)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Agriculture - Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 - System for the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals - Obligation of individual electronic identification - Obligation to keep a holding register - Validity - Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Freedom to conduct a business - Proportionality - Equal treatment)

2013/C 367/11

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Verwaltungsgericht Stuttgart

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Herbert Schaible

Defendant: Land Baden-Württemberg

Re:

Request for a preliminary ruling — Verwaltungsgericht Stuttgart — Validity of Articles 3(1), 4(2), 5(1) and 9(3), first subparagraph, of Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 of 17 December 2003 establishing a system for the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and Directives 92/102/EEC and 64/432/EEC ([OJ 2004 L 5, p. 8](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2004:005:TOC)), as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1560/2007 of 17 December 2007 ([OJ 2007 L 340, p. 25](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2007:340:TOC)), from the point of view of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in particular Articles 15(1) and 16 — Proportionality of the system of individual identification of ovine and caprine animals

Operative part of the judgment

The consideration of the questions raised has disclosed no factor of such a kind as to affect the validity of Articles 3(1), 4(2), 5(1) and the first subparagraph of Article 9(3) and point B(2) of the Annex to Council Regulation No 21/2004 of 17 December 2003 establishing a system for the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and Directives 92/102/EEC and 64/432/EEC, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 933/2008 of 23 September 2008.

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