CELEX: 62019CA0836
Language: en
Date: 2021-09-02 00:00:00
Title: Case C-836/19: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 2 September 2021 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Gera — Germany) — Toropet Ltd. v Landkreis Greiz (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public health — Health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption — Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 — Article 9(d) and Article 10(a) and (f) — Classification of products — Decomposition, deterioration and presence of foreign bodies in the material — Impact on the initial classification)

25.10.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 431/22
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 2 September 2021 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Gera — Germany) — Toropet Ltd. v Landkreis Greiz
      (Case C-836/19) (1)
      
      (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Public health - Health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption - Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 - Article 9(d) and Article 10(a) and (f) - Classification of products - Decomposition, deterioration and presence of foreign bodies in the material - Impact on the initial classification)
      (2021/C 431/22)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Referring court
      
      Verwaltungsgericht Gera
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicant: Toropet Ltd.
      
         Defendant: Landkreis Greiz
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      Article 7(1), Article 9(h) and Article 10(a) and (f) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 (Animal by-products Regulation), read in the light of Article 4(2) of that regulation, must be interpreted as meaning that animal by-products originally classified as Category 3 material, in accordance with Article 10(a) and (f) thereof, which are altered by decomposition or deterioration, or mixed with foreign bodies, such as pieces of plaster or sawdust, so that they are no longer fit for human consumption and/or pose a risk to human or animal health, do not comply with the level of risk associated with that classification and must therefore be reclassified into a lower category.
      
         (1)  OJ C 87, 16.3.2020.