CELEX: 62009CN0218
Language: en
Date: 2009-05-15 00:00:00
Title: Case C-218/09: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Brussel (Belgium) lodged on 15 May 2009 — I. SGS Belgium NV v Belgisch Interventie- en Restitutiebureau, Firme Derwa NV and Centraal Beheer Achmea NV and II. Firme Derwa NV and Centraal Beheer Achmea NV v SGS Belgium NV and Belgisch Interventie- en Restitutiebureau

12.9.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 220/17
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Brussel (Belgium) lodged on 15 May 2009 — I. SGS Belgium NV v Belgisch Interventie- en Restitutiebureau, Firme Derwa NV and Centraal Beheer Achmea NV and II. Firme Derwa NV and Centraal Beheer Achmea NV v SGS Belgium NV and Belgisch Interventie- en Restitutiebureau
   (Case C-218/09)
   2009/C 220/31
   Language of the case: Dutch
   
      Referring court
   
   Hof van beroep te Brussel
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
               I.
            
            
               SGS Belgium NV
               v
               Belgisch Interventie- en Restitutiebureau
               Firme Derwa NV
               Centraal Beheer Achmea NV
            
         
               II.
            
            
               Firme Derwa NV
               Centraal Beheer Achmea NV
               v
               SGS Belgium NV
               Belgisch Interventie- en Restitutiebureau
            
         
      Question referred
   
   Must the term ‘force majeure’ in Article 5(3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 (1) of 27 November 1987 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds on agricultural products be interpreted as meaning that damage to beef while being transported in the correct packaging and in a refrigerated container continuously maintained at the prescribed temperature, in principle constitutes force majeure?
   
      (1)  OJ 1987 L 351, p. 1.