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Document 62017TA0626
Case T-626/17: Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2020 — Slovenia v Commission (Agriculture — Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 — Designations of origin in the wine sector — Wine labelling — Use of the name of a wine grape variety which contains or consists of a protected designation of origin — Prohibition — Derogation — Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1353 — Inclusion of the name of the wine grape variety ‘teran’ in the list set out in Part A of Annex XV to Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 — Retroactive effect from the date of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union — Slovenian protected designation of origin ‘Teran’ — Legal certainty — Legitimate expectations — Proportionality — Right to property — Act concerning the conditions of accession of Croatia to the European Union — Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making — Institutional balance)
Case T-626/17: Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2020 — Slovenia v Commission (Agriculture — Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 — Designations of origin in the wine sector — Wine labelling — Use of the name of a wine grape variety which contains or consists of a protected designation of origin — Prohibition — Derogation — Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1353 — Inclusion of the name of the wine grape variety ‘teran’ in the list set out in Part A of Annex XV to Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 — Retroactive effect from the date of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union — Slovenian protected designation of origin ‘Teran’ — Legal certainty — Legitimate expectations — Proportionality — Right to property — Act concerning the conditions of accession of Croatia to the European Union — Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making — Institutional balance)
Case T-626/17: Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2020 — Slovenia v Commission (Agriculture — Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 — Designations of origin in the wine sector — Wine labelling — Use of the name of a wine grape variety which contains or consists of a protected designation of origin — Prohibition — Derogation — Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1353 — Inclusion of the name of the wine grape variety ‘teran’ in the list set out in Part A of Annex XV to Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 — Retroactive effect from the date of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union — Slovenian protected designation of origin ‘Teran’ — Legal certainty — Legitimate expectations — Proportionality — Right to property — Act concerning the conditions of accession of Croatia to the European Union — Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making — Institutional balance)
IO C 378, 9.11.2020, pp. 25–26
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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9.11.2020 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 378/25 |
Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2020 — Slovenia v Commission
(Case T-626/17) (1)
(Agriculture - Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 - Designations of origin in the wine sector - Wine labelling - Use of the name of a wine grape variety which contains or consists of a protected designation of origin - Prohibition - Derogation - Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1353 - Inclusion of the name of the wine grape variety ‘teran’ in the list set out in Part A of Annex XV to Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 - Retroactive effect from the date of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union - Slovenian protected designation of origin ‘Teran’ - Legal certainty - Legitimate expectations - Proportionality - Right to property - Act concerning the conditions of accession of Croatia to the European Union - Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making - Institutional balance)
(2020/C 378/29)
Language of the case: Slovenian
Parties
Applicant: Republic of Slovenia (represented by: V. Klemenc and T. Mihelič Žitko, acting as Agents, and by R. Knaak, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B. Eggers, I. Galindo Martín and B. Rous Demiri, acting as Agents)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Republic of Croatia (represented by: G. Vidović Mesarek, acting as Agent, and by I. Ćuk, lawyer)
Re:
Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1353 of 19 May 2017 amending Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 as regards the wine grape varieties and their synonyms that may appear on wine labels (OJ 2017 L 190, p. 5).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the application; |
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Orders the Republic of Slovenia to pay, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by the European Commission; |
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Orders the Republic of Croatia to bear its own costs. |