CELEX: C1997/074/06
Language: en
Date: 1997-03-08 00:00:00
Title: JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Third Chamber) of 16 January 1997 in Case C-273/95 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Pretura Circondariale, Verona): Impresa Agricola Buratti Leonardo, Pierluigi e Livio v. Tabacchicoltori Associati Veneti Soc. coop. arl (TAV) (Common organization of the market - Raw tobacco - Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3478/92 - Premium system for raw tobacco - Calculation of the premium to be paid by a group of producers to the individual producer)

No C 74/4            EN                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                      8 . 3 . 97
 Articles 48, 52 and 59 of the EC Treaty do not apply to a             concluded a cultivation contract with a group of
 situation which is confined in all respects within a single          producers, as referring to the delivery, by a producer or
 Member State.                                                        group of producers to the processor, of a quantity of
                                                                       tobacco to be processed in performance of the cultivation
                                                                       contract.
 H OJ No C 159 , 24 . 6 . 1995 .
                                                                       (') OJ No C 286 , 28 . 10 . 1995 .
               JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                        (Third Chamber)
                                                                                    JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                      of 16 January 1997                                                       ( Sixth Chamber)
 in Case C-273/95 (reference for a preliminary ruling from                                    of 23 January 1997
 the Pretura Circondariale, Verona): Impresa Agricola
 Buratti Leonardo, Pierluigi e Livio v. Tabacchicoltori               in Case C-463/93 (reference for a preliminary ruling from
           Associati Veneti Soc. coop, ari (TAV) (')                  the Verwaltungsgericht Düsseldorf): Katholische Kirchen­
                                                                      gemeinde St. Martinus Elten v. Landwirtschaftskammer
 (Common organization of the market — Raw tobacco —                   Rheinland, joined parties: Arnold Derksen, Johann
 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3478/92 — Premium                                                    Thyssen (')
 system for raw tobacco — Calculation of the premium to
 be paid by a group of producers to the individual                    (Additional levy on milk — Calculation of the reference
                            producer)                                 quantity — Taking into account of a quantity produced in
                                                                                          another Member State)
                           97/C 74/06
                                                                                                   ( 97/C 74/07
                (Language of the case: Italian)
                                                                                     (Language of the case: German)
  (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be
          published in the European Court Reports)                      (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be
                                                                               published in the European Court Reports)
In Case C-273/95 : reference to the Court under Article 177
                                                                     In Case C-463/93 : reference to the Court under Article 177
of the EC Treaty from the Pretura Circondariale ( District
Magistrate's Court), Verona, Sezione Distaccata di Isola             of the EC Treaty from the Verwaltungsgericht
della Scala (Isola della Scala Division ) (Italy) for a               (Administrative Court) Düsseldorf, Germany, for a
preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that            preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that
court between Impresa Agricola Buratti Leonardo, Pierlui­            Court between Katholische Kirchengemeinde St. Martinus
gi e Livio and Tabacchicoltori Associati Veneti Soc. coop,           Elten and Landwirtschaftskammer Rheinland, joined
arl (TAV) — on the interpretation of Articles 10 and 11 of           parties: Arnold Derksen, Johann Thyssen — on the
Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No 3478/92 of 1 December               interpretation of the rules governing the additional levy on
 1992 laying down detailed rules for the application of the          milk introduced by Council Regulation ( EEC) No 856/84
premium system for raw tobacco ( OJ No L 351 , 2 . 12.               of 31 March 1984 amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 804/68
 1992, p. 17), as amended by Commission Regulation ( EC )            on the common organization of the market in milk and
No 3477/93 of 17 December 1993 concerning the                        milk products ( OJ No L 90, 9 . 4 . 1984, p. 10 ), Council
agricultural conversion rates to be applied in the tobacco           Regulation ( EEC ) No 857/84 of 31 March 1984 adopting
sector ( OJ No L 317, 18 . 12 . 19 93 , p. 30 ) — the Court          general rules for the application of the levy referred to in
(Third Chamber ), composed of: J. C. Moitinho de                     Article 5c of Regulation ( EEC ) No 804/68 ( OJ No L 90,
Almeida ( Rapporteur ), President of the Chamber, C.                 1 . 4 . 1984, p. 13 ), as amended by Council Regulation
Gulmann and J. -P. Puissochet, Judges; M. B. Elmer,                  ( EEC ) No 590/85 of 26 February 1985 amending
Advocate-General; H. A. Rühl , Principal Administrator,              Regulation (EEC ) No 857/84 ( OJ No L 68 , 8 . 3 . 1985,
for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 16 January                p. 1 ), and Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 1546/88 of
1997, in which it has ruled :                                        3 June 1988 laying down detailed rules for the application
                                                                     of the additional levy referred to in Article 5c of
                                                                     Regulation ( EEC ) No 804/68 ( OJ No L 139, 4. 6 . 1988 ,
The terms 'delivery under contract' and 'delivery ' used             p. 12 ) — The Court ( Sixth Chamber), composed of: J. L.
respectively in Article 10 of Commission Regulation                  Murray, President of the Fourth Chamber, acting as
(EEC) No 3478/92 of 1 December 1992 laying down                      President of the Sixth Chamber, C. N. Kakouris, P. J. G.
detailed rules for the application of the premium system             Kapteyn, G. Hirsch ( Rapporteur) and H. Ragnemalm,
for raw tobacco, and Article 1 of Commission Regulation              Judges; D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, Advocate-General;
(EC) No 3477/93 of 17 December 1993 concerning the                   D. Louterman-Hubeau, Principal Administrator, for the
agricultural conversion rates to be applied in the tobacco           Registrar, has given a judgment on 23 January 1997, in
sector are to be interpreted, where the processor has                which it has ruled: