CELEX: C2007/095/09
Language: en
Date: 2007-04-28 00:00:00
Title: Case C-34/05: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 1 March 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven (Netherlands)) — Maatschap J. en G.P. en A.C. Schouten v Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit (Community aid schemes — Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92 — Beef and veal sector — Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 — Available forage area — Definition — Special premium — Conditions for granting — Parcel of land temporarily under water during the period in question)

28.4.2007   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 95/6
            
         Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 1 March 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven (Netherlands)) — Maatschap J. en G.P. en A.C. Schouten v Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit
   (Case C-34/05) (1)
   
   (Community aid schemes - Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92 - Beef and veal sector - Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 - Available forage area - Definition - Special premium - Conditions for granting - Parcel of land temporarily under water during the period in question)
   (2007/C 95/09)
   Language of the case: Dutch
   Referring court
   College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven (Netherlands)
   Parties to the main proceedings
   
      Applicant: Maatschap J. en G.P. en A.C. Schouten
   
      Defendant: Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit,
   Re:
   Reference for a preliminary ruling — College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven — Interpretation of Article 12(2)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (OJ 1999 L 160, p. 21) and of Article 2(1)(c) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92 of 23 December 1992 laying down detailed rules for applying the integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes (OJ 1992 L 391, p. 36) — Available forage area — Parcel of land temporarily under water during the period in question
   Operative part of the judgment
   Article 12(2)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal and Article 2(1)(c) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92 of 23 December 1992 laying down detailed rules for applying the integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes must be interpreted as meaning that a parcel of land declared as a forage area may be regarded as 'available' where, first, it is intended to be used exclusively for the feeding of the animals held on it throughout the calendar year and, secondly, it was in fact possible to use it to feed them for a minimum period of seven months during that year, from the date fixed by the national legislation, which must be between 1 January and 31 March, even though that parcel of land was not occupied continuously by those animals, in particular because it was temporarily under water.
   
      (1)  OJ C 93, 16.4.2005.