CELEX: C2005/171/06
Language: en
Date: 2005-07-09 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 12 May 2005 in Case C-42/04: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven in Maatschap J. B. en R. A. M. Elshof v Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit (Foot and mouth disease — Regulation (EC) No 1046/2001 — Grant of aid for the delivery of animals destined for rendering — Upper limit of aid determined on the basis of the average weight of animals per batch)

9.7.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 171/3
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (Fourth Chamber)
   of 12 May 2005
   in Case C-42/04: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven in Maatschap J. B. en R. A. M. Elshof v Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit (1)
   
   (Foot and mouth disease - Regulation (EC) No 1046/2001 - Grant of aid for the delivery of animals destined for rendering - Upper limit of aid determined on the basis of the average weight of animals per batch)
   (2005/C 171/06)
   Language of the case: Dutch
   In Case C-42/04: reference for a preliminary ruling under Article 234 EC from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven (Netherlands), made by decision of 23 January 2004, received at the Court on 3 February 2004, in the proceedings between Maatschap J. B. en R. A. M. Elshof and Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit — the Court (Fourth Chamber), composed of K. Lenaerts (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber, N. Colneric and E. Levits, Judges; M. Poiares Maduro, Advocate General; M.-F. Contet, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 12 May 2005, the operative part of which is as follows:
   The term 'batch' within the meaning of Article 4(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1046/2001 of 30 May 2001 adopting exceptional support measures for the markets in pigmeat and veal in the Netherlands refers to all calves which are delivered for rendering by a producer on one day in connection with one sales transaction.
   
      (1)  OJ C 85 of 03.04.2004.