CELEX: 62017CN0634
Language: en
Date: 2017-11-13 00:00:00
Title: Case C-634/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Oldenburg (Germany) lodged on 13 November 2017 — ReFood GmbH & Co. KG v Landwirtschaftskammer Niedersachsen

12.2.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 52/16
            
         Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Oldenburg (Germany) lodged on 13 November 2017 — ReFood GmbH & Co. KG v Landwirtschaftskammer Niedersachsen
   (Case C-634/17)
   (2018/C 052/21)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Verwaltungsgericht Oldenburg
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: ReFood GmbH & Co. KG
   
      Defendant: Landwirtschaftskammer Niedersachsen
   
      Questions referred
   
   The following questions on the interpretation of Article 1(3)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste (1) are referred for a preliminary ruling:
   
               1.
            
            
               Is the provision to be interpreted as an exemption which applies to all shipments which, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, (2) come within the scope of that latter regulation?
            
         
               2.
            
            
               If the first question should be answered in the negative:
               Is the provision to be interpreted as an exemption which applies to shipments which are subject to rules regarding collection, transport, identification and traceability pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, read also in conjunction with Implementing Regulation (EU) No 142/2011? (3)
               
            
         
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               If the second question should be answered in the negative:
               Is the provision to be interpreted as an exemption which applies only to those shipments which are consignments requiring consent pursuant to Article 48(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009?
            
         
      (1)  OJ 2006 L 190, p. 1.
   
      (2)  Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 (Animal by-products Regulation) (OJ 2009 L 300, p. 1).
   
      (3)  Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 of 25 February 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and implementing Council Directive 97/78/EC as regards certain samples and items exempt from veterinary checks at the border under that Directive (OJ 2011 L 54, p. 1).