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Case C-183/22, Saint-Louis Sucre (Recognition of a producer organisation): Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 15 June 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — France) — Saint-Louis Sucre v Premier ministre, Ministre de l’Agriculture et de l’Alimentation, SICA des betteraviers d’Etrepagny (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Agriculture — Common organisation of the markets — Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 — Statutes of producer organisations — Article 153(1)(b) — Rule that members may belong to only one producer organisation — Scope — Article 153(2)(c) — Democratic scrutiny by producer members of the producer organisation and the decisions taken within it — Control exercised by one person over certain members of a producer organisation)
Case C-183/22, Saint-Louis Sucre (Recognition of a producer organisation): Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 15 June 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — France) — Saint-Louis Sucre v Premier ministre, Ministre de l’Agriculture et de l’Alimentation, SICA des betteraviers d’Etrepagny (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Agriculture — Common organisation of the markets — Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 — Statutes of producer organisations — Article 153(1)(b) — Rule that members may belong to only one producer organisation — Scope — Article 153(2)(c) — Democratic scrutiny by producer members of the producer organisation and the decisions taken within it — Control exercised by one person over certain members of a producer organisation)
Case C-183/22, Saint-Louis Sucre (Recognition of a producer organisation): Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 15 June 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — France) — Saint-Louis Sucre v Premier ministre, Ministre de l’Agriculture et de l’Alimentation, SICA des betteraviers d’Etrepagny (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Agriculture — Common organisation of the markets — Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 — Statutes of producer organisations — Article 153(1)(b) — Rule that members may belong to only one producer organisation — Scope — Article 153(2)(c) — Democratic scrutiny by producer members of the producer organisation and the decisions taken within it — Control exercised by one person over certain members of a producer organisation)
OJ C 271, 31.7.2023, p. 6–7
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
31.7.2023 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 271/6 |
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 15 June 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — France) — Saint-Louis Sucre v Premier ministre, Ministre de l’Agriculture et de l’Alimentation, SICA des betteraviers d’Etrepagny
(Case C-183/22, (1) Saint-Louis Sucre (Recognition of a producer organisation))
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Agriculture - Common organisation of the markets - Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 - Statutes of producer organisations - Article 153(1)(b) - Rule that members may belong to only one producer organisation - Scope - Article 153(2)(c) - Democratic scrutiny by producer members of the producer organisation and the decisions taken within it - Control exercised by one person over certain members of a producer organisation)
(2023/C 271/08)
Language of the case: French
Referring court
Conseil d’État
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Saint-Louis Sucre
Defendants: Premier ministre, Ministre de l’Agriculture et de l’Alimentation, SICA des betteraviers d’Étrépagny
Operative part of the judgment
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Article 153(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007, as amended by Regulation (EU) No 2017/2393 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2017, must be interpreted as meaning that the requirement of being a member of only one producer organisation applies solely to the members of the producer organisation that are producers. |
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Article 153(2)(c) of Regulation No 1308/2013, as amended by Regulation 2017/2393 must be interpreted as meaning that in determining whether the statutes of a producer organisation lay down rules that enable its producer members to scrutinise democratically their organisation and its decisions, the national authority responsible for the recognition of that organisation must:
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