CELEX: 62019CA0128
Language: en
Date: 2021-05-20 00:00:00
Title: Case C-128/19: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 20 May 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione — Italy) — Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale di Catania v Assessorato della Salute della Regione Siciliana (Reference for a preliminary ruling — State aid — Agriculture sector — Slaughtering of animals affected by infectious diseases — Compensation for farmers — Notification and standstill requirements — Article 108(3) TFEU — Concepts of ‘existing aid’ and ‘new aid’ — Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 — Exemptions by categories of aid — Regulation (EU) No 702/2014 — De minimis aid — Regulation (EU) No 1408/2013)

12.7.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 278/4
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 20 May 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione — Italy) — Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale di Catania v Assessorato della Salute della Regione Siciliana
      (Case C-128/19) (1)
      
      (Reference for a preliminary ruling - State aid - Agriculture sector - Slaughtering of animals affected by infectious diseases - Compensation for farmers - Notification and standstill requirements - Article 108(3) TFEU - Concepts of ‘existing aid’ and ‘new aid’ - Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 - Exemptions by categories of aid - Regulation (EU) No 702/2014 - De minimis aid - Regulation (EU) No 1408/2013)
      (2021/C 278/04)
      Language of the case: Italian
      
         Referring court
      
      Corte suprema di cassazione
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicant: Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale di Catania
      
         Defendant: Assessorato della Salute della Regione Siciliana
      
         Intervener: AU
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      Article 108(3) TFEU must be interpreted as meaning that a measure introduced by a Member State to finance, for a period extending over several years and up to a maximum amount of EUR 20 million, both compensation to support farmers who have been obliged to slaughter animals affected by infectious diseases and payment of fees due to self-employed veterinary surgeons involved in remediation activities, must be subject to the preliminary-examination procedure laid down in that provision in the case where that measure is not covered by an authorisation decision of the European Commission to that effect, unless that measure fulfils the conditions laid down by Commission Regulation (EU) No 702/2014 of 25 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid in the agricultural and forestry sectors and in rural areas compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 [TFEU], or the conditions laid down by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1408/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 [TFEU] to de minimis aid in the agriculture sector.
      
         (1)  OJ C 182, 27.5.2019.