CELEX: 62007CA0241
Language: en
Date: 2009-06-04 00:00:00
Title: Case C-241/07: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 4 June 2009 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Riigikohus — Republic of Estonia) — JK Otsa Talu OÜ v Põllumajanduse Registrite ja Informatsiooni Amet (PRIA) (EAGGF — Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 — Community support for rural development — Support for agri-environmental production methods)

1.8.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 180/3
            
         Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 4 June 2009 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Riigikohus — Republic of Estonia) — JK Otsa Talu OÜ v Põllumajanduse Registrite ja Informatsiooni Amet (PRIA)
   (Case C-241/07) (1)
   
   (EAGGF - Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 - Community support for rural development - Support for agri-environmental production methods)
   2009/C 180/04
   Language of the case: Estonian
   
      Referring court
   
   Riigikohus
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: JK Otsa Talu OÜ
   
      Defendant: Põllumajanduse Registrite ja Informatsiooni Amet (PRIA)
   
      Re:
   
   Reference for a preliminary ruling — Riigikohus — Interpretation of Articles 22, 23, 24(1), 37(4) and 39 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain Regulations (OJ 1999 L 160, p. 80) — National legislation reserving agri-environmental support solely to applicants who have already been granted support in the previous year and excluding new applicants who commit themselves to organising their production in accordance with agri-environmental requirements
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The provisions of Article 24(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain Regulations, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/2004 of 22 December 2004, read in conjunction with Articles 37(4) and 39 thereof, do not preclude a Member State from restricting, on account of insufficient budgetary resources, the class of recipients of rural development support to farmers already concerned by a decision to grant such support in the previous budgetary year.
   
      (1)  OJ C 170, 21.07.2007.