CELEX: 62019CN0815
Language: en
Date: 2019-11-06 00:00:00
Title: Case C-815/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Germany) lodged on 6 November 2019 — Natumi GmbH v Land Nordrhein-Westfalen

9.3.2020   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 77/20
            
         
      Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Germany) lodged on 6 November 2019 — Natumi GmbH v Land Nordrhein-Westfalen
      (Case C-815/19)
      (2020/C 77/30)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Referring court
      
      Bundesverwaltungsgericht
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicant: Natumi GmbH
      
         Defendant: Land Nordrhein-Westfalen
      
         Other party: The Representative of the Federal Interest before the Federal Administrative Court
      
         Questions referred
      
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Is Article 28 of Regulation No 889/2008, (1) read in conjunction with point 1.3 of Annex IX thereto, to be interpreted as meaning that the alga Lithothamnium calcareum may be used as an ingredient in the processing of organic food?
               
            
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                  In the event that that question is to be answered in the affirmative:
                  
                               
                           
                           
                              Is the use of dead algae also permitted?
                           
                        
            
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                  In the event that the second question is also to be answered in the affirmative:
                  
                               
                           
                           
                              For a product that contains the (dead) alga Lithothamnium calcareum as an ingredient and is labelled with the indication ‘Organic’, is the use of the indications ‘contains calcium’, ‘contains calcium-rich sea alga’ or ‘contains high-quality calcium from the sea alga Lithothamnium’ permitted?
                           
                        
            
         (1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 of 5 September 2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products with regard to organic production, labelling and control (OJ 2008 L 250, p. 1).