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19.1.2015 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 16/5 |
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 5 November 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Anotato Dikastirio Kiprou — Cyprus) — Cypra Ltd v Kypriaki Dimokratia
(Case C-402/13) (1)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Agriculture - Animal health - Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 - Products of animal origin intended for human consumption - Official controls - Appointment of an official veterinarian - Slaughter of animals)
(2015/C 016/06)
Language of the case: Greek
Referring court
Anotato Dikastirio Kiprou
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Cypra Ltd
Defendant: Kypriaki Dimokratia
Operative part of the judgment
The provisions of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 of 20 November 2006, must be interpreted, in principle, as not precluding the competent authority determining the time at which the slaughter of animals takes place, with a view to the appointment of an official veterinarian for the purposes of supervising the slaughter, and refusing to provide such a veterinarian on the day and at the time determined by the slaughterer, unless it is objectively necessary for the slaughter to take place on a specific day, which it is for the referring court to ascertain.