CELEX: 62013CN0135
Language: en
Date: 2013-03-18 00:00:00
Title: Case C-135/13: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Kúria (Hungary) lodged on 18 March 2013 — Szatmári Malom Kft. v Mezőgazdasági és Vidékfejlesztési Hivatal Központi Szerve

15.6.2013   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 171/13
            
         Request for a preliminary ruling from the Kúria (Hungary) lodged on 18 March 2013 — Szatmári Malom Kft. v Mezőgazdasági és Vidékfejlesztési Hivatal Központi Szerve
   (Case C-135/13)
   2013/C 171/26
   Language of the case: Hungarian
   
      Referring court
   
   Kúria
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Szatmári Malom Kft.
   
      Defendant: Mezőgazdasági és Vidékfejlesztési Hivatal Központi Szerve
   
      Questions referred
   
   
               1.
            
            
               May a situation where a business operator, having closed down previous holdings, wishes to establish a new holding without increasing existing capacity be deemed to fall within the concept of improving overall performance of the agricultural holding under Article 26(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development?
            
         
               2.
            
            
               May the investment to be made by the applicant be interpreted as investment for the purpose of improving overall performance of the enterprise within the meaning of Articles 20(b)(iii) and 28(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005? (1)
               
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Is Paragraph 6(3) of the Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FVM) No 47/2008 of 17 April 2008 compatible with Article 28(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 in that, as regards mills, only support for operations for the purpose of modernising existing capacity is granted? Does the Regulation empower the national legislature to exclude certain types of development from support for economic reasons?
            
         
      (1)  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).