CELEX: 62009CN0153
Language: en
Date: 2009-05-04 00:00:00
Title: Case C-153/09: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Schwerin (Germany) lodged on 4 May 2009 — Agrargut Bäbelin GmbH & Co KG v Amt für Landwirtschaft Bützow

1.8.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 180/25
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Schwerin (Germany) lodged on 4 May 2009 — Agrargut Bäbelin GmbH & Co KG v Amt für Landwirtschaft Bützow
   (Case C-153/09)
   2009/C 180/42
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Verwaltungsgericht Schwerin
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Claimant: Agrargut Bäbelin GmbH & Co KG
   
      Defendant: Amt für Landwirtschaft Bützow
   
      Questions referred
   
   
               1.
            
            
               Is a farmer prevented from activating payment entitlements based on permanent pasture before activating all payment entitlements based on set-aside, even if he does not hold any other (arable) areas eligible for set-aside?
            
         
               2.
            
            
               If the first question should be answered in the affirmative: Do the sanctions under Article 51 of Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 (1) also apply to a farmer who before 29 December 2006 (in the absence of areas eligible for set-aside) infringes the obligation first to activate completely payment entitlements based on set-aside?
            
         
      (1)  OJ 2004 L 141, p. 18.