Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 22 April 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Simvoulio tis Epikratias (Greece)) — Dimos Agiou Nikolaou Kritis v Ipourgos Agrotikis Anaptixis kai Trofimon

(Case C-82/09) (1)

(Regulation (EC) No 2152/2003 - Monitoring of forests and environmental interactions in the European Union - Definitions - Terms ‘forest’ and ‘other wooded land’ - Field of application)

(2010/C 161/15)

Language of the case: Greek

Referring court

Simvoulio tis Epikratias

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Dimos Agiou Nikolaou Kritis

Defendant: Ipourgos Agrotikis Anaptixis kai Trofimon

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Simvoulio tis Epikratias — Interpretation of Article 3(a) and (b) of Regulation (EC) No 2152/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003 concerning monitoring of forests and environmental interactions in the Community (Forest Focus) (OJ 2003 L 324, p. 1) — Definitions of ‘forest’ and ‘other wooded land’ — Divergent definitions

Operative part of the judgment

Article 3(a) and (b) of Regulation (EC) No 2152/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003 concerning monitoring of forests and environmental interactions in the Community (Forest Focus), which define, for the purposes of that regulation, the terms ‘forest’ and ‘wooded land’, must be interpreted as not precluding national provisions which contain different definitions of those terms as regards actions which are not governed by the regulation.

(1)  OJ C 102, 1.5.2009.