CELEX: 62010CA0197
Language: en
Date: 2011-09-15 00:00:00
Title: Case C-197/10: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 September 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo (Spain)) — Unió de Pagesos de Catalunya v Administración del Estado (Common agricultural policy — Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 — Single payment scheme — Entitlements to payments from the national reserve — Conditions for granting — Farmers commencing an agricultural activity — Hypothetical nature of the question referred — Inadmissibility)

29.10.2011   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 319/8
            
         Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 September 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo (Spain)) — Unió de Pagesos de Catalunya v Administración del Estado
   (Case C-197/10) (1)
   
   (Common agricultural policy - Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 - Single payment scheme - Entitlements to payments from the national reserve - Conditions for granting - Farmers commencing an agricultural activity - Hypothetical nature of the question referred - Inadmissibility)
   2011/C 319/13
   Language of the case: Spanish
   
      Referring court
   
   Tribunal Supremo
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Unió de Pagesos de Catalunya
   
      Defendant: Administración del Estado
   
      Intervening party: Coordinadora de Organizaciones de Agricultores y Ganaderos — Iniciativa Rural del Estado Español
   
      Re:
   
   Reference for a preliminary ruling — Tribunal Supremo — Interpretation of Article 42(3) of Council Regulation No 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 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) and of Article 22 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development EAFRD (OJ 2005 L 277, p. 1) — Integrated administration and control system for certain support schemes — Single payment scheme — Fixing of the reference amount — Entitlement to the payment not granted in certain situations — Young farmers
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The reference for a preliminary ruling made by the Tribunal Supremo (Spain) by decision of 18 March 2010 is inadmissible because the question referred is hypothetical.
   
      (1)  OJ C 195, 17.7.2010.