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Document 62009CN0346

    Case C-346/09: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Gerechtshof’s-Gravenhage (Netherlands) lodged on 28 August 2009 — State of the Netherlands v Denkavit Nederland b.v. and Others

    OJ C 282, 21.11.2009, p. 25–25 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    21.11.2009   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 282/25

    Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Gerechtshof’s-Gravenhage (Netherlands) lodged on 28 August 2009 — State of the Netherlands v Denkavit Nederland b.v. and Others

    (Case C-346/09)

    2009/C 282/44

    Language of the case: Dutch

    Referring court

    Gerechtshof’s-Gravenhage

    Parties to the main proceedings

    Applicant

    :

    State of the Netherlands

    Defendants

    :

     

    Denkavit Nederland b.v.,

     

    Arie Blok b.v.,

     

    Cehave b.v.,

     

    Demeter b.v.

    Question referred

    Must Community law, and specifically Directive 90/425/EEC, (1) Decision 94/381/EC (2) and Decision 2000/766/EC, (3) be interpreted as meaning that any national prohibition, such as that laid down in Article 2 of the Tijdelijke regeling, which, with a view to affording protection against BSE, prohibits the production of and trading in processed animal proteins intended for feeding to farmed animals, is incompatible with those provisions if such a national prohibition

    —

    entered into force on 15 December 2000 (and so before Decision 2000/766/EC) and

    —

    also applied temporarily (until Decision 2001/9/EC (4) of 29 December 2000 entered into force) to fishmeal and dicalcium phosphate?

    (1)  Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra- Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market (OJ L 224, p. 29).

    (2)  Commission Decision 94/381/EC of 27 June 1994 concerning certain protection measures with regard to bovine spongiform encephalopathy and the feeding of mammalian derived protein (OJ L 172, p. 23).

    (3)  Council Decision 2000/766/EC of 4 December 2000 concerning certain protection measures with regard to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and the feeding of animal protein (OJ L 306, p. 32).

    (4)  Commission Decision 2001/9/EC of 29 December 2000 concerning control measures required for the implementation of Council Decision 2000/766/EC concerning certain protection measures with regard to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and the feeding of animal protein (OJ 2001 L 2, p. 32).

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