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Document 62011CJ0355

    Urteil des Gerichtshofs (Sechste Kammer) vom 14. Juni 2012.
    G. Brouwer gegen Staatssecretaris van Economische Zaken, Landbouw en Innovatie.
    Vorabentscheidungsersuchen – College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven – Auslegung der Richtlinie 91/629/EWG des Rates vom 19. November 1991 über Mindestanforderungen für den Schutz von Kälbern (ABl. L 340, S. 28) und der Art. 4 und 6 Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1782/2003 des Rates vom 29. September 2003 mit gemeinsamen Regeln für Direktzahlungen im Rahmen der Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik und mit bestimmten Stützungsregelungen für Inhaber landwirtschaftlicher Betriebe und zur Änderung der Verordnungen (EWG) Nr. 2019/93, (EG) Nr. 1452/2001, (EG) Nr. 1453/2001, (EG) Nr. 1454/2001, (EG) Nr. 1868/94, (EG) Nr. 1251/1999, (EG) Nr. 1254/1999, (EG) Nr. 1673/2000, (EWG) Nr. 2358/71 und (EG) Nr. 2529/2001 (ABl. L 270, S. 1) – Nationale Rechtsvorschriften zur Umsetzung der Richtlinie, wonach die Grundanforderungen an die Betriebsführung nicht nur für Kälber gelten, die zum Zwecke der Aufzucht und Mast gehalten werden, sondern auch für solche, die als Milchvieh gehalten werden.
    Richtlinie 91/629/EWG – Mindestanforderungen für den Schutz von Kälbern – Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1782/2003 – Gemeinsame Regeln für Direktzahlungen im Rahmen der Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik – Nationale Rechtsvorschriften zur Umsetzung der Richtlinie 91/629/EWG, wonach die von dieser Richtlinie vorgesehenen Grundanforderungen an die Betriebsführung u. a. für Kälber gelten, die in einem Milcherzeugungsbetrieb gehalten werden.
    Rechtssache C‑355/11.

    Sammlung der Rechtsprechung 2012 -00000

    ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2012:353





    Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 14 June 2012 — Brouwer

    (Case C-355/11)

    Directive 91/629/EEC — Minimum standards for the protection of calves — Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 — Common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy — National legislation transposing Directive 91/629/EEC and declaring the management requirements provided for by that directive to be applicable to, inter alia, calves which are kept confined in the context of a dairy farming operation

    1.                     European Union law — Interpretation — Texts in several languages — Uniform interpretation — Consideration of different language versions — Directive 91/629 — Definition of ‘rearing’ and ‘fattening’ (Council Directive 91/629, Arts 1 and 4) (see paras 36-39)

    2.                     European Union law — Interpretation — Texts in several languages — Uniform interpretation — Differences between the various language versions — General scheme and purpose of the rules in question as a reference point — Directive 91/629 (Council Directive 91/629, Art. 1) (see paras 40-42)

    3.                     Agriculture — Approximation of laws — Minimum standards for the protection of calves — Directive 91/629 — Scope — Calves kept confined in the context of a dairy farming operation for agricultural purposes — Included (Council Directive 91/629, Arts 1 and 4) (see paras 44-46, operative part)

    Re:

    Reference for a preliminary ruling — College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven — Interpretation of Council Directive 91/629/EEC of 19 November 1991 laying down minimum standards for the protection of calves (OJ 1991 L 340, p. 28) and of Articles 4 and 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers and amending Regulations (EEC) No 2019/93, (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001, (EC) No 1454/2001, (EC) No 1868/94, (EC) No 1251/1999, (EC) No 1254/1999, (EC) No 1673/2000, (EEC) No 2358/71 and (EC) No 2529/2001 (OJ 2003 L 270, p. 1) — National legislation transposing the Directive by stating that the management requirements apply not only to calves confined for rearing and fattening, but also to calves confined for dairy farming.

    Operative part:

    Council Directive 91/629/EEC of 19 November 1991 laying down minimum standards for the protection of calves, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 of 14 April 2003, must be interpreted as meaning that the requirement, referred to in Article 4 of that directive, according to which the conditions relating to the rearing of calves must comply with the general provisions set out in the annex to that directive, including point 8 of that annex, which prohibits, subject to exceptions, the tethering of calves, applied to calves kept confined by a farmer in the context of a dairy farming operation for agricultural purposes.

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