CELEX: 62013CN0498
Language: en
Date: 2013-09-16 00:00:00
Title: Case C-498/13: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Simboulio tis Epikratias lodged on 16 September 2013 — Agrooikosystimata EPE v Ipourgos Ikonomias kai Ikonomikon, Ipourgos Αgrotikis Anaptixis kai Trofimon, Region of Thessaly

23.11.2013   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 344/49
            
         Request for a preliminary ruling from the Simboulio tis Epikratias lodged on 16 September 2013 — Agrooikosystimata EPE v Ipourgos Ikonomias kai Ikonomikon, Ipourgos Αgrotikis Anaptixis kai Trofimon, Region of Thessaly
   (Case C-498/13)
   2013/C 344/85
   Language of the case: Greek
   
      Referring court
   
   Simboulio tis Epikratias
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Agrooikosystimata EPE
   
      Defendants: Ipourgos Ikonomias kai Ikonomikon, Ipourgos Αgrotikis Anaptixis kai Trofimon, Region of Thessaly
   
      Question referred
   
   Must those who are to qualify as beneficiaries of the long-term agricultural land set-aside scheme under Regulation (EEC) No 2078/92 (1) and Regulation (EC) No 746/96 (2) be farmers or is it sufficient if they assume the financial risk of the land entered in the scheme and are responsible for its management?
   
      (1)  Council Regulation (EEC) No 2078/92 of 30 June 1992 on agricultural production methods compatible with the requirements of the protection of the environment and the maintenance of the countryside (OJ 1992 L 215, p. 85).
   
      (2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 746/96 of 24 April 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2078/92 on agricultural production methods compatible with the requirements of the protection of the environment and the maintenance of the countryside (OJ 1996 L 102, p. 19).