CELEX: 62008CN0449
Language: en
Date: 2008-10-13 00:00:00
Title: Case C-449/08: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven (Netherlands), lodged on 13 October 2008 — G. Elbertsen v Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit

10.1.2009   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 6/12
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven (Netherlands), lodged on 13 October 2008 — G. Elbertsen v Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit
   (Case C-449/08)
   (2009/C 6/19)
   Language of the case: Dutch
   Referring court
   College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven
   Parties to the main proceedings
   
      Claimant: G. Elbertsen
   
      Defendant: Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit
   Questions referred
   
               1.
            
            
               Should Article 42(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 (1) be interpreted as permitting a Member State to establish a reference amount of EUR 0 and not to allocate entitlements to payments from the national reserve to a farmer who finds himself in a special situation as described in Article 21 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 795/2004 of 21 April 2004 (2)?
            
         
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               If the answer to that question is in the affirmative, does Community law preclude the application of a provision such as Article 17(1)(b) of the Regeling GLB-inkomenssteun 2006 (2006 Netherlands Regulations on CAP income support), under which any increase in the amount of additional payments arising as a result of an investment in production capacity or a purchase of land is subject to a deduction of EUR 500 before a reference amount is established as the basis for the allocation of entitlements to payments from the national reserve?
            
         
      (1)  Regulation establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers and amending Regulations (EEC) No 2019/93, (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001, (EC) No 1454/2001, (EC) 1868/94, (EC) No 1251/1999, (EC) No 1254/1999, (EC) No 1673/2000, (EEC) No 2358/71 and (EC) No 2529/2001 (OJ 2003 L 270, p. 1).
   
      (2)  Regulation laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the single payment scheme provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers (OJ 2004 L 141, p. 1).