ECJ Agriculture – Common agricultural policy – Structural reform Improving the efficiency of structures – Recognising the status of farmers practising farming as their main occupation Regulations Nos 797/85 and 2328/91 – Reliance before a national court by limited companies in the absence of implementing measures in the national legal system Not permissible (Council Regulations No 797/85, Art. 2(5), and No 2328/91, Art. 5(5)) – The last subparagraph of Article 2(5) of Regulation No 797/85 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures and the last subparagraph of Article 5(5) of Regulation No 2328/91 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures may not be relied on before a national court by limited companies seeking to obtain the status of farmers practising farming as their main occupation where the legislature of a Member State has not adopted the provisions necessary for their implementation in the national legal system.
Citations:
C-403/98, [2001] ECR 1-103, [2001] EUECJ C-403/98
Links:
European, Agriculture
Updated: 04 June 2022; Ref: scu.162531