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Document 62009CA0061
Case C-61/09: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 14 October 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberverwaltungsgericht Rheinland-Pfalz (Germany)) — Landkreis Bad Dürkheim v Aufsichts- und Dienstleistungsdirektion (Common agricultural policy — Integrated administration and control system for certain aid schemes — Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 — Single payment scheme — Common rules for direct support schemes — Concept of eligible hectare — Non-agricultural activities — Conditions for allocation of an agricultural area to a holding)
Case C-61/09: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 14 October 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberverwaltungsgericht Rheinland-Pfalz (Germany)) — Landkreis Bad Dürkheim v Aufsichts- und Dienstleistungsdirektion (Common agricultural policy — Integrated administration and control system for certain aid schemes — Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 — Single payment scheme — Common rules for direct support schemes — Concept of eligible hectare — Non-agricultural activities — Conditions for allocation of an agricultural area to a holding)
Case C-61/09: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 14 October 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberverwaltungsgericht Rheinland-Pfalz (Germany)) — Landkreis Bad Dürkheim v Aufsichts- und Dienstleistungsdirektion (Common agricultural policy — Integrated administration and control system for certain aid schemes — Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 — Single payment scheme — Common rules for direct support schemes — Concept of eligible hectare — Non-agricultural activities — Conditions for allocation of an agricultural area to a holding)
SL C 346, 18.12.2010, p. 10–11
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
18.12.2010 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 346/10 |
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 14 October 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberverwaltungsgericht Rheinland-Pfalz (Germany)) — Landkreis Bad Dürkheim v Aufsichts- und Dienstleistungsdirektion
(Case C-61/09) (1)
(Common agricultural policy - Integrated administration and control system for certain aid schemes - Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 - Single payment scheme - Common rules for direct support schemes - Concept of ‘eligible hectare’ - Non-agricultural activities - Conditions for allocation of an agricultural area to a holding)
2010/C 346/16
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Oberverwaltungsgericht Rheinland-Pfalz
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Landkreis Bad Dürkheim
Defendant: Aufsichts- und Dienstleistungsdirektion
Re:
Reference for a preliminary ruling — Oberverwaltungsgericht Rheinland-Pfalz — Interpretation of Article 44(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers and amending Regulations (EEC) No 2019/93, (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001, (EC) No 1454/2001, (EC) 1868/94, (EC) No 1251/1999, (EC) No 1254/1999, (EC) No 1673/2000, (EEC) No 2358/71 and (EC) No 2529/2001 (OJ 2003 L 270, p. 1) — Interpretation of the terms ‘agricultural area’ and ‘non-agricultural activity’ with regard to a situation in which the objective of environmental protection takes precedence over the objective of agricultural production — Conditions for allocation of an agricultural area to a holding
Operative part of the judgment
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Article 44(2) of Council Regulation (EC) 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers and amending Regulations (EEC) No 2019/93, (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001, (EC) No 1454/2001, (EC) No 1868/94, (EC) No 1251/1999, (EC) No 1254/1999, (EC) No 1673/2000, (EEC) No 2358/71 and (EC) No 2529/2001, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2013/2006 of 19 December 2006, must be interpreted as not precluding an area from being eligible for aid where, while it is admittedly also used for agricultural purposes, the overriding objective is landscape management and nature conservation. In addition, the fact that the farmer is subject to the instructions of the nature conservation authority does not deprive an activity which meets the definition referred to in Article 2(c) of that regulation of its agricultural character. |
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Article 44(2) of Regulation No 1782/2003, as amended, must be interpreted as meaning that:
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