Case C-24/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Budapesti II. és III. Kerületi Bíróság (Hungary) lodged on 8 January 2018 — István Bán v KP 2000 Kft., Edit Kovács

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Budapesti II. és III. Kerületi Bíróság (Hungary) lodged on 8 January 2018 — István Bán v KP 2000 Kft., Edit Kovács

(Case C-24/18)

Referring court

Budapesti II. és III. Kerületi Bíróság

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: István Bán

Defendants: KP 2000 Kft., Edit Kovács

Question referred

Must national legislation such as that at issue in the main proceedings, under which rights of use created over land used for agricultural or forestry activities are extinguished ex lege, without any financial compensation, where a new owner acquires, in the context of enforcement proceedings, the immovable property subject to the right of use and where the land user has not obtained, in relation to that land, aid for agricultural or rural development that is funded by the European Union or the national budget and that is subject to the obligation of using the land for a certain period of time as established by law, be regarded as a restriction contrary to Articles 49 and 63 TFEU?