CELEX: C2004/239/05
Language: en
Date: 2004-09-25 00:00:00
Title: Case C-313/04: Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Verwaltungsgericht Frankfurt am Main by order of that court of 24 June 2004 in the case of Franz Egenberger GmbH Molkerei und Trockenwerk against Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung

25.9.2004   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 239/3
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Verwaltungsgericht Frankfurt am Main by order of that court of 24 June 2004 in the case of Franz Egenberger GmbH Molkerei und Trockenwerk against Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung
   (Case C-313/04)
   (2004/C 239/05)
   Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the European Communities by order of the Verwaltungsgericht (Administrative Court), Frankfurt am Main of 24 June 2004, received at the Court Registry on 26 July 2004, for a preliminary ruling in the case of Franz Egenberger GmbH Molkerei und Trockenwerk against Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung on the following question:
   
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               Is Article 35(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 contrary to higher-ranking Community law (1), in particular the prohibition in Article 28 EC of quantitative restrictions on imports and of measures having equivalent effect, the prohibition of discrimination in the second subparagraph of Article 34(2) EC and Article 26(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 (2), and is it therefore invalid?
            
         
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               Is Article 25(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 contrary to higher-ranking Community law, in particular the prohibition of discrimination in the second subparagraph of Article 34(2) EC, the prohibition of discrimination in the second subparagraph of Article 29(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999, Article 28 EC and the first paragraph of Article 82 EC, and is it therefore invalid?
            
         
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               Are Articles 25(1) and 35(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 contrary to Article XVII: 1(a) of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and Article 1(3) of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures (3), and are they therefore invalid?
            
         
      (1)  OJ L 341, p. 29.
   
      (2)  OJ L 160, p. 48.
   
      (3)  OJ L 336, de 23.12.1994, p. 151.