CELEX: C2005/093/13
Language: en
Date: 2005-04-16 00:00:00
Title: Case C-34/05: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven by decision of that court of 26 January 2005 in the case of Maatschap J. and G.P. and A.C. Schouten v Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit

16.4.2005   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 93/7
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven by decision of that court of 26 January 2005 in the case of Maatschap J. and G.P. and A.C. Schouten v Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit
   (Case C-34/05)
   (2005/C 93/13)
   Language of the case: Dutch
   Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the European Communities by decision of the College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven (Administrative Court for Trade and Industry) (Netherlands) of 26 January 2005, received at the Court Registry on 31 January 2005, for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings between Maatschap J. and G.P. and A.C. Schouten and Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit on the following questions:
   
               1.
            
            
               Must Article 12(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 (1) and Article 2(1)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92 (2) be interpreted as meaning that a parcel of land declared as a forage area may not be regarded as ‘available’ if at any time in the relevant period that parcel of land has been under water?
            
         
               2.
            
            
               If the answer to Question 1 is affirmative, are the provisions referred to above binding with specific regard to the consequences flowing from such reply?
            
         
               3.
            
            
               If the answer to Question 1 is negative, what are the applicable criteria for determining whether a parcel of land declared as a forage area which was temporarily under water can be regarded as ‘available’ for the purposes of Article 12(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 and Article 2(1)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92?
            
         
      (1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 (OJ L 160, p. 21).
   
      (2)  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92 of 23 December 1992 (OJ L 391, p. 36).