CELEX: 62012CN0542
Language: en
Date: 2012-11-28 00:00:00
Title: Case C-542/12: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Pordenone (Italy) lodged on 28 November 2012 — Criminal proceedings against Giorgio Fidenato

2.3.2013   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 63/7
            
         Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Pordenone (Italy) lodged on 28 November 2012 — Criminal proceedings against Giorgio Fidenato
   (Case C-542/12)
   2013/C 63/13
   Language of the case: Italian
   
      Referring court
   
   Tribunale di Pordenone
   
      Party to the main proceedings
   
   Giorgio Fidenato
   
      Questions referred
   
   
               1.
            
            
               Is the authorisation provided by Article 1(2) of Legislative Decree No 212 of 24 April 2001, within the meaning conferred on it by the national case-law, compatible with the rules in Directive 2001/18/EC (1) or does it conflict with those rules?
            
         
               2.
            
            
               In particular, where the Member State makes the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) subject to authorisation specifically aimed at protecting the so-called principle of coexistence, is that specific authorisation necessary also for GMOs which are already listed in the common catalogue?
            
         
      (1)  Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 March 2001 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms and repealing Council Directive 90/220/EEC (OJ 2001 L 106, p. 1).