CELEX: 62011CN0188
Language: en
Date: 2011-04-20 00:00:00
Title: Case C-188/11: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht für Zivilrechtssachen (Vienna) lodged on 20 April 2011 — Peter Hehenberger v Republic of Austria

16.7.2011   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 211/11
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht für Zivilrechtssachen (Vienna) lodged on 20 April 2011 — Peter Hehenberger v Republic of Austria
   (Case C-188/11)
   2011/C 211/22
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Landesgericht für Zivilrechtssachen (Vienna)
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Peter Hehenberger
   
      Defendant: Republic of Austria
   
      Question referred
   
   Does Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 (1) in conjunction with Commission Regulation (EC) No 817/2004 (2) preclude the laying down of rules by the provider of support requiring repayment by the recipient, in the event that an on the-spot check (area measurement) is prevented, of all support already given in the context of an agri-environmental measure during the commitment period, even if it has been awarded and disbursed for a number of years?
   
      (1)  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).
   
      (2)  Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 817/2004 of 29 April 2004 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) (OJ 2004 L 153, p. 30) (OJ 2004 L 231, p. 24).