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Document 62023CN0228

Case C-228/23, AFAÏA: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (France) lodged on 12 April 2023 — AFAÏA v Institut national de l’origine et de la qualité (INAO)

OJ C 252, 17.7.2023, p. 22–22 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

17.7.2023   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 252/22


Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (France) lodged on 12 April 2023 — AFAÏA v Institut national de l’origine et de la qualité (INAO)

(Case C-228/23, AFAÏA)

(2023/C 252/25)

Language of the case: French

Referring court

Conseil d’État

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: AFAÏA

Defendant: Institut national de l’origine et de la qualité (INAO)

Party to the proceedings: Ministre de l’Agriculture et de l’Alimentation

Questions referred

1.

Is Annex II to Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1165 of 15 July 2021, (1) which was adopted to implement Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018, (2) to be interpreted as meaning that the concept of factory farming contained therein is equivalent to that of landless livestock production?

2.

If the concept of factory farming is distinct from the concept of landless livestock production, what criteria must be used to determine whether a livestock holding must be categorised as factory farming within the meaning of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2021/1165?


(1)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1165 of 15 July 2021 authorising certain products and substances for use in organic production and establishing their lists (OJ 2021 L 253, p. 13).

(2)  Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 (OJ 2018 L 150, p. 1).


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