CELEX: 62017TA0626
Language: en
Date: 2020-09-09 00:00:00
Title: Case T-626/17: Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2020 — Slovenia v Commission (Agriculture — Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 — Designations of origin in the wine sector — Wine labelling — Use of the name of a wine grape variety which contains or consists of a protected designation of origin — Prohibition — Derogation — Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1353 — Inclusion of the name of the wine grape variety ‘teran’ in the list set out in Part A of Annex XV to Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 — Retroactive effect from the date of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union — Slovenian protected designation of origin ‘Teran’ — Legal certainty — Legitimate expectations — Proportionality — Right to property — Act concerning the conditions of accession of Croatia to the European Union — Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making — Institutional balance)

9.11.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 378/25
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2020 — Slovenia v Commission
      (Case T-626/17) (1)
      
      (Agriculture - Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 - Designations of origin in the wine sector - Wine labelling - Use of the name of a wine grape variety which contains or consists of a protected designation of origin - Prohibition - Derogation - Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1353 - Inclusion of the name of the wine grape variety ‘teran’ in the list set out in Part A of Annex XV to Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 - Retroactive effect from the date of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union - Slovenian protected designation of origin ‘Teran’ - Legal certainty - Legitimate expectations - Proportionality - Right to property - Act concerning the conditions of accession of Croatia to the European Union - Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making - Institutional balance)
      (2020/C 378/29)
      Language of the case: Slovenian
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Republic of Slovenia (represented by: V. Klemenc and T. Mihelič Žitko, acting as Agents, and by R. Knaak, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B. Eggers, I. Galindo Martín and B. Rous Demiri, acting as Agents)
      
         Intervener in support of the defendant: Republic of Croatia (represented by: G. Vidović Mesarek, acting as Agent, and by I. Ćuk, lawyer)
      
         Re:
      
      Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1353 of 19 May 2017 amending Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 as regards the wine grape varieties and their synonyms that may appear on wine labels (OJ 2017 L 190, p. 5).
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the application;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders the Republic of Slovenia to pay, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by the European Commission;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders the Republic of Croatia to bear its own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 392, 20.11.2017.