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Case C-239/18: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Thüringer Oberlandesgericht — Germany) — Saatgut-Treuhandverwaltungs GmbH v Freistaat Thüringen (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Plant variety rights — Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 — Derogation provided for in Article 14 — Regulation (EC) No 1768/95 — Article 11(1) and (2) — Requests for information — Information provided by official bodies — Request for information on the actual use of material of specific species or varieties — Content of the request)
Case C-239/18: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Thüringer Oberlandesgericht — Germany) — Saatgut-Treuhandverwaltungs GmbH v Freistaat Thüringen (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Plant variety rights — Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 — Derogation provided for in Article 14 — Regulation (EC) No 1768/95 — Article 11(1) and (2) — Requests for information — Information provided by official bodies — Request for information on the actual use of material of specific species or varieties — Content of the request)
Case C-239/18: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Thüringer Oberlandesgericht — Germany) — Saatgut-Treuhandverwaltungs GmbH v Freistaat Thüringen (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Plant variety rights — Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 — Derogation provided for in Article 14 — Regulation (EC) No 1768/95 — Article 11(1) and (2) — Requests for information — Information provided by official bodies — Request for information on the actual use of material of specific species or varieties — Content of the request)
OJ C 423, 16.12.2019, p. 9–9
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
16.12.2019 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 423/9 |
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Thüringer Oberlandesgericht — Germany) — Saatgut-Treuhandverwaltungs GmbH v Freistaat Thüringen
(Case C-239/18) (1)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Plant variety rights - Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 - Derogation provided for in Article 14 - Regulation (EC) No 1768/95 - Article 11(1) and (2) - Requests for information - Information provided by official bodies - Request for information on the actual use of material of specific species or varieties - Content of the request)
(2019/C 423/10)
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Thüringer Oberlandesgericht
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Saatgut-Treuhandverwaltungs GmbH
Defendant: Freistaat Thüringen
Operative part of the judgment
Article 11(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1768/95 of 24 July 1995 implementing rules on the agricultural exemption provided for in Article 14(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 on Community plant variety rights must be interpreted as meaning that it does not provide the possibility for the holder of the Community plant variety right to request information from an official body on the use of material of species, without such a request defining the specific protected variety for which that information is requested.