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Document 62021CA0089
Case C-89/21: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 28 April 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas — Lithuania) — ‘Romega’ UAB v Valstybinė maisto ir veterinarijos tarnyba (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Food law — Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 — Microbiological criteria for foodstuffs — Article 1 — Annex I — Fresh poultry meat — Checks by the competent national authorities for the presence of the salmonella serotypes listed in point 1.28 of Chapter 1 of that annex — Checks for the presence of other pathogenic microorganisms — Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 — Article 14(8) — Discretion of the national authorities — Scope)
Case C-89/21: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 28 April 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas — Lithuania) — ‘Romega’ UAB v Valstybinė maisto ir veterinarijos tarnyba (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Food law — Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 — Microbiological criteria for foodstuffs — Article 1 — Annex I — Fresh poultry meat — Checks by the competent national authorities for the presence of the salmonella serotypes listed in point 1.28 of Chapter 1 of that annex — Checks for the presence of other pathogenic microorganisms — Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 — Article 14(8) — Discretion of the national authorities — Scope)
Case C-89/21: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 28 April 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas — Lithuania) — ‘Romega’ UAB v Valstybinė maisto ir veterinarijos tarnyba (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Food law — Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 — Microbiological criteria for foodstuffs — Article 1 — Annex I — Fresh poultry meat — Checks by the competent national authorities for the presence of the salmonella serotypes listed in point 1.28 of Chapter 1 of that annex — Checks for the presence of other pathogenic microorganisms — Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 — Article 14(8) — Discretion of the national authorities — Scope)
OJ C 237, 20.6.2022, p. 16–16
(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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20.6.2022 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 237/16 |
Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 28 April 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas — Lithuania) — ‘Romega’ UAB v Valstybinė maisto ir veterinarijos tarnyba
(Case C-89/21) (1)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Food law - Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 - Microbiological criteria for foodstuffs - Article 1 - Annex I - Fresh poultry meat - Checks by the competent national authorities for the presence of the salmonella serotypes listed in point 1.28 of Chapter 1 of that annex - Checks for the presence of other pathogenic microorganisms - Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 - Article 14(8) - Discretion of the national authorities - Scope)
(2022/C 237/20)
Language of the case: Lithuanian
Referring court
Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant:‘Romega’ UAB
Defendant: Valstybinė maisto ir veterinarijos tarnyba
Operative part of the judgment
Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 of 15 November 2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs, as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1086/2011 of 27 October 2011, read in conjunction with Article 14(8) of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety, must be interpreted as meaning that the competent authority of a Member State may regard as unsafe within the meaning of Article 14(1) and (2) of Regulation No 178/2002 the food category consisting in fresh poultry meat in which pathogenic microorganisms other than the salmonella serotypes listed in point 1.28 of Chapter 1 of Annex I to Regulation No 2073/2005 have been detected.