3.5.2021   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 163/7


Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 4 March 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf — Germany) — Agrimotion S.A. v ADAMA Deutschland GmbH

(Case C-912/19) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Approximation of laws - Placing of plant protection products on the market - Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 - Article 52(1) - Parallel trade permit - Personal nature of that permit)

(2021/C 163/09)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Agrimotion S.A.

Defendant: ADAMA Deutschland GmbH

Operative part of the judgment

Article 52(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC must be interpreted as meaning that only the holder of a parallel trade permit may place a plant protection product on the market in the Member State which granted that permit.


(1)  OJ C 95, 23.3.2020.