CELEX: 62010CA0309
Language: en
Date: 2011-07-28 00:00:00
Title: Case C-309/10: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 28 July 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria)) — Agrana Zucker GmbH v Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft (Sugar — Temporary scheme for the restructuring of the sugar industry in the European Community — Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 — Article 11 — Revenue surplus in the restructuring fund — Assignment to the EAGF — Principle of conferral and principle of proportionality — Obligation to state reasons — Unjust enrichment)

8.10.2011   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 298/9
            
         Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 28 July 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria)) — Agrana Zucker GmbH v Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft
   (Case C-309/10) (1)
   
   (Sugar - Temporary scheme for the restructuring of the sugar industry in the European Community - Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 - Article 11 - Revenue surplus in the restructuring fund - Assignment to the EAGF - Principle of conferral and principle of proportionality - Obligation to state reasons - Unjust enrichment)
   2011/C 298/15
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Verwaltungsgerichtshof
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Agrana Zucker GmbH
   
      Defendant: Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft
   
      Re:
   
   Reference for a preliminary ruling — Verwaltungsgerichtshof — Interpretation of Article 11 of Council Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 of 20 February 2006 establishing a temporary scheme for the restructuring of the sugar industry in the Community and amending Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (OJ 2006 L 58, p. 42) — Levying of a temporary restructuring amount in a situation in which the temporary restructuring fund shows a considerable surplus and there appears to be no prospect of an increase in financing requirements — Equivalent to introduction of a general tax — Infringement of the principle of conferred powers
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   
               1.
            
            
               Article 11 of Council Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 of 20 February 2006 establishing a temporary scheme for the restructuring of the sugar industry in the Community and amending Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy is to be interpreted as meaning that the temporary amount must be raised in full, even if there were to be a revenue surplus in the temporary restructuring fund.
            
         
               2.
            
            
               The examination of the second question referred for a preliminary ruling has not revealed anything which might affect the validity of Article 11 of Regulation No 320/2006.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 260, 25.9.2010.