CELEX: C2007/297/16
Language: en
Date: 2007-12-08 00:00:00
Title: Case C-192/06: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 4 October 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht — Germany) — Matthias Kruck v Landkreis Potsdam-Mittelmark (Agricultural structures — Community aid schemes — Article 7(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 — Article 9(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92 — Set-aside of land — Reduction of compensatory payments)

8.12.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 297/11
            
         Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 4 October 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht — Germany) — Matthias Kruck v Landkreis Potsdam-Mittelmark
   (Case C-192/06) (1)
   
   (Agricultural structures - Community aid schemes - Article 7(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 - Article 9(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92 - Set-aside of land - Reduction of compensatory payments)
   (2007/C 297/16)
   Language of the case: German
   Referring court
   Bundesverwaltungsgericht
   Parties to the main proceedings
   
      Applicant: Matthias Kruck
   
      Defendant: Landkreis Potsdam-Mittelmark
   Re:
   Reference for a preliminary ruling — Bundesverwaltungsgericht — Interpretation of Article 9(2) to (4) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92 of 23 December 1992 laying down detailed rules for applying the integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes (OJ 1992 L 391, p. 36), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1648/95 of 6 July 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92 laying down detailed rules for applying the integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes (OJ 1995 L 156, p. 27), and Article 7(6), second and fourth sentences, of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 of 30 June 1992 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops (OJ 1992 L 181, p. 12), as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2989/95 of 19 December 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops (OJ 1995 L 312, p. 5) — Determination of maximum area giving rise to compensatory payments for set-aside on the basis of the area actually determined rather than the area applied for in the application for compensatory payment.
   Operative part of the judgment
   On a proper construction of Article 9 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92 of 23 December 1992 laying down detailed rules for applying the integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1648/95 of 6 July 1995, is to be interpreted as meaning that the maximum area to be considered for compensatory payments for set-aside in accordance with the second and fourth sentences of Article 7(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 of 30 June 1992 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2989/95 of 19 December 1995, should be calculated on the basis of the area applied for provided that that area is actually under arable crops and does not contain land excluded from compensatory payments by Article 9 of Regulation No 1765/92, as amended by Regulation No 2989/95.
   
      (1)  OJ C 154, 1.7.2006.