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Case C-154/12: Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 21 February 2013 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de première instance de Bruxelles (Belgium) — Isera & Scaldis Sugar SA, Philippe Bedoret and Co SPRL, Jean Rigot, Mathieu Vrancken v Bureau d’intervention et de restitution belge (BIRB) (Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure — Agriculture — Common organisation of markets — Sugar — Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 — Article 16 — Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 — Article 51 — Imposition of a charge on production — Validity — Lack of legal basis — Failure to state clear and unequivocal reasons — Infringement of the principle of non-discrimination — Infringement of the principle of proportionality)

OJ C 108, 13.4.2013, p. 10–10 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

13.4.2013   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 108/10


Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 21 February 2013 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de première instance de Bruxelles (Belgium) — Isera & Scaldis Sugar SA, Philippe Bedoret and Co SPRL, Jean Rigot, Mathieu Vrancken v Bureau d’intervention et de restitution belge (BIRB)

(Case C-154/12) (1)

(Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure - Agriculture - Common organisation of markets - Sugar - Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 - Article 16 - Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 - Article 51 - Imposition of a charge on production - Validity - Lack of legal basis - Failure to state clear and unequivocal reasons - Infringement of the principle of non-discrimination - Infringement of the principle of proportionality)

2013/C 108/19

Language of the case: French

Referring court

Tribunal de première instance de Bruxelles

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicants: Isera & Scaldis Sugar SA, Philippe Bedoret and Co SPRL, Jean Rigot, Mathieu Vrancken

Defendant: Bureau d’intervention et de restitution belge (BIRB)

Other parties to proceedings: Joseph Cockx and Others.

Re:

Request for a preliminary ruling — Tribunal de première instance de Bruxelles — Validity of Article 16 of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (OJ 2006 L 58, p. 1) — Interpretation of Articles 37(2) EC and 253 EC — Imposition of a charge on production in the ‘beet sugar’ sector — Lack of legal basis — Failure to state clear and unequivocal reasons — Discrimination as compared with other industries and as compared with other agricultural and non-agricultural sectors — Infringement of the principle of proportionality

Operative part of the order

Consideration of the question referred for a preliminary ruling has disclosed nothing capable of affecting the validity of Article 16 of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector and Article 51 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation).


(1)  OJ C 174, 16.6.2012.


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