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Document 62022CN0734

    Case C-734/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 29 November 2022 — Republic of Austria v GM

    OJ C 94, 13.3.2023, p. 18–18 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    13.3.2023   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 94/18

    Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 29 November 2022 — Republic of Austria v GM

    (Case C-734/22)

    (2023/C 94/20)

    Language of the case: German

    Referring court

    Oberster Gerichtshof

    Parties to the main proceedings

    Appellant on a point of law: Republic of Austria

    Respondent to the appeal on a point of law: GM

    Questions referred

    1.

    Is Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 (1) directly applicable to claims by which the Republic of Austria seeks to recover aid it granted under a contract to funding applicants within the framework of an agri-environmental aid programme under Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 (2) by means of private-law remedies because the recipient infringed contractual obligations?

    2.

    If the answer to the first question is in the affirmative, must the third subparagraph of Article 3(1) of the regulation referred to in Question 1 be interpreted as meaning that there is an interruption of the limitation period by the investigation or legal proceedings also when the party who issued the aid, after making its first extrajudicial claim for repayment, asks the recipient of the aid again, if need be several times, to make the repayment, and issues an extrajudicial demand for payment instead of asserting its repayment claim in court?

    3.

    If the answer to the first question is in the negative, is the application of a limitation period of 30 years provided for by national civil law in respect of the recovery claims referred to in Question 1 compatible with EU law, in particular with the principle of proportionality?

    (1)  Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities financial interests (OJ 1995 L 312, p. 1).

    (2)  Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ 2005 L 277, p. 1).

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