9.5.2008
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 116/7
Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 13 March 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Giustizia Amministrativa per la Regione siciliana (Italy)) — Ispettorato Provinciale dell'Agricoltura di Enna, Assessorato all'agricoltura e foreste della Regione Sicilia, Regione Sicilia v Domenico Valvo
(Case C-78/07) (1)
(Agriculture - Regulations (EEC) No 2328/91 and (EC) No 950/97 - Articles 17 and 18 - Compensatory allowances for permanent natural handicaps - Farmers receiving length-of-service pensions - Right to compensatory allowances - Limits)
(2008/C 116/12)
Language of the case: Italian
Referring court
Consiglio di Giustizia Amministrativa per la Regione siciliana
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicants: Ispettorato Provinciale dell'Agricoltura di Enna, Assessorato all'agricoltura e foreste della Regione Sicilia, Regione Sicilia
Defendant: Domenico Valvo
Re:
Reference for a preliminary ruling — Consiglio di Giustizia Amministrativa per la Regione siciliana — Interpretation of Council Regulation (EC) No 950/97 of 20 May 1997 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures — National legislation refusing to grant the compensatory allowance for permanent natural handicaps to farmers in receipt of a length-of-service pension
Operative part of the judgment
Articles 17 and 18 of Council Regulation (EC) No 950/97 of 20 May 1997 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures confer on Member States the right to grant a compensatory allowance to a farmer who fulfils the conditions laid down in those two articles. However, those articles do not preclude a Member State from refusing payment of such an allowance where that farmer is in receipt of a pension, in particular, a length-of-service pension.
(1) OJ C 117, 26.5.2007.
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