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Document C2006/326/09

    Case C-248/04: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 26 October 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven –Netherlands) — Koninklijke Coöperatie Cosun UA v Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit (Preliminary reference — Agriculture — Common organisation of the markets — Sugar — Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 and Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2670/81 — Charge due for C Sugar disposed of on the internal market — Inapplicability of Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1430/79 — No possibility of repayment or remission on grounds of equity — Validity of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 and Regulation No 2670/81 — Principles of equality and legal certainty — Equity)

    OJ C 326, 30.12.2006, p. 4–5 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    30.12.2006   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 326/4


    Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 26 October 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven –Netherlands) — Koninklijke Coöperatie Cosun UA v Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit

    (Case C-248/04) (1)

    (Preliminary reference - Agriculture - Common organisation of the markets - Sugar - Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 and Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2670/81 - Charge due for C Sugar disposed of on the internal market - Inapplicability of Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1430/79 - No possibility of repayment or remission on grounds of equity - Validity of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 and Regulation No 2670/81 - Principles of equality and legal certainty - Equity)

    (2006/C 326/09)

    Language of the case: Dutch

    Referring court

    College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven

    Parties to the main proceedings

    Applicant: Koninklijke Coöperatie Cosun UA

    Defendant: Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit

    Re:

    Reference for a preliminary ruling — College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven — Validity of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (OJ 1981 L 177, p. 4) and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2670/81 of 14 September 1981 laying down detailed implementing rules in respect of sugar production in excess of the quota (OJ 1981 L 262, p. 14) where there is no procedure for the remission of additional levies comparable to that provided for in Article 13 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1430/79 of 2 July 1979 on the repayment or remission of import or export duties (OJ 1979 L 175, p. 1) — Remission on equitable grounds — Producer of non-quota sugar (C sugar) not involved in a case of fraud established by the national authorities and who, for reasons relating to the investigation, was not immediately informed thereof

    Operative part of the judgment

    Examination of the first question has disclosed nothing capable of affecting the validity of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector, as amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 305/91 of 4 February 1991, or of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2670/81 of 14 September 1981 laying down detailed implementing rules in respect of sugar production in excess of the quota, as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3559/91 of 6 December 1991.


    (1)  OJ C 217, 28.08.2004.


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