CELEX: 62019CA0361
Language: en
Date: 2021-01-27 00:00:00
Title: Case C-361/19: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 27 January 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven — Netherlands) — De Ruiter vof v Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common agricultural policy — Support scheme for farmers — Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 — Article 97(1) and Article 99(1) — Direct payments — Reductions and exclusions in the event of non-compliance with the cross-compliance rules — Determination of the year to be taken into account in order to calculate the percentage reduction — Proportionate, effective and dissuasive penalties — Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 — Article 73(4), first subparagraph, point (a))

15.3.2021   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 88/8
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 27 January 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven — Netherlands) — De Ruiter vof v Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit
      (Case C-361/19) (1)
      
      (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Common agricultural policy - Support scheme for farmers - Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 - Article 97(1) and Article 99(1) - Direct payments - Reductions and exclusions in the event of non-compliance with the cross-compliance rules - Determination of the year to be taken into account in order to calculate the percentage reduction - Proportionate, effective and dissuasive penalties - Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 - Article 73(4), first subparagraph, point (a))
      (2021/C 88/08)
      Language of the case: Dutch
      
         Referring court
      
      College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicant: De Ruiter vof
      
         Defendants: Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The first subparagraph of Article 97(1) and the first subparagraph of Article 99(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008, and Article 73(4), first subparagraph, point (a) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 of 17 July 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation No 1306/2013 with regard to the integrated administration and control system, rural development measures and cross compliance must be interpreted as meaning that reductions of direct payments due to non-compliance with the cross-compliance rules must be calculated on the basis of the payments granted or to be granted in the year in which such non-compliance occurred.
      
         (1)  OJ C 270, 12.8.2019.