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Document 62020CA0159
Case C-159/20: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 14 July 2022 — European Commission v Kingdom of Denmark (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 — Quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs — Article 13 — Use of the protected designation of origin (PDO) ‘Feta’ to designate cheese produced in Denmark and intended for export to third countries — Article 4(3) TEU — Principle of sincere cooperation)
Case C-159/20: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 14 July 2022 — European Commission v Kingdom of Denmark (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 — Quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs — Article 13 — Use of the protected designation of origin (PDO) ‘Feta’ to designate cheese produced in Denmark and intended for export to third countries — Article 4(3) TEU — Principle of sincere cooperation)
Case C-159/20: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 14 July 2022 — European Commission v Kingdom of Denmark (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 — Quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs — Article 13 — Use of the protected designation of origin (PDO) ‘Feta’ to designate cheese produced in Denmark and intended for export to third countries — Article 4(3) TEU — Principle of sincere cooperation)
OJ C 340, 5.9.2022, p. 9–10
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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5.9.2022 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 340/9 |
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 14 July 2022 — European Commission v Kingdom of Denmark
(Case C-159/20) (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 - Quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs - Article 13 - Use of the protected designation of origin (PDO) ‘Feta’ to designate cheese produced in Denmark and intended for export to third countries - Article 4(3) TEU - Principle of sincere cooperation)
(2022/C 340/09)
Language of the case: Danish
Parties
Applicant: European Commission (represented by: M. Konstantinidis, I. Naglis and U. Nielsen, acting as Agents)
Defendant: Kingdom of Denmark (represented by: M.P. Brøchner Jespersen, J. Nymann-Lindegren, V. Pasternak Jørgensen, M. Søndahl Wolff and L. Teilgård, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the applicant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: E.-E. Krompa, E. Leftheriotou, E. Tsaousi and A.-E. Vasilopoulou, acting as Agents), Republic of Cyprus (represented by: V. Christoforou and E. Zachariadou, acting as Agents)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Declares that, by failing to prevent or stop the use by Danish dairy producers of the protected designation of origin (PDO) ‘Feta’ to designate cheese which does not comply with the product specification for that PDO, the Kingdom of Denmark has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 13(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs; |
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Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |
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Orders the Kingdom of Denmark to bear its own costs and to pay four fifths of the costs of the European Commission; |
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Orders the European Commission to bear one fifth of its costs; |
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Orders the Hellenic Republic and the Republic of Cyprus each to bear their own costs. |