CELEX: C2007/042/12
Language: en
Date: 2007-02-24 00:00:00
Title: Case C-384/05: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 11 January 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) — Johan Piek v Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuurbeheer en Visserij (Milk and milk products — Additional levy on milk — Special reference quantity — Second subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 857/84)

24.2.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 42/7
            
         Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 11 January 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) — Johan Piek v Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuurbeheer en Visserij
   (Case C-384/05) (1)
   
   (Milk and milk products - Additional levy on milk - Special reference quantity - Second subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 857/84)
   (2007/C 42/12)
   Language of the case: Dutch
   Referring court
   Hoge Raad der Nederlanden
   Parties to the main proceedings
   
      Applicant: Johan Piek
   
      Defendant: Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuurbeheer en Visserij
   Re:
   Reference for a preliminary ruling — Hoge Raad der Nederlanden — Interpretation of Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 of 31 March 1984 adopting general rules for the application of the levy referred to in Article 5c of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 in the milk and milk products sector (OJ 1984 L 90, p. 13) — Determination of reference quantities exempt from levy — National measures providing for the allocation of special reference quantities to producers who have incurred investment obligations, whether or not under a development plan, between 1 September 1981 and 31 March 1984 — Compatibility with Community legislation providing for the period between 1 January 1981 and 31 March 1984
   Operative part of the judgment
   The second subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 of 31 March 1984 adopting general rules for the application of the levy referred to in Article 5c of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 in the milk and milk products sector must be interpreted as not precluding a national rule such as that at issue in the main proceedings which restricts the category of milk producers who may obtain a special reference quantity to those who incurred investment obligations after 1 September 1981 but before 1 March 1984.
   
      (1)  OJ C 330, 24.12.2005.