ECJ Agriculture – common agricultural policy – structural reform – modernization of farms – directive 72/159/eec – withholding of the status of ‘ farmer practising farming as his main occupation ‘ from certain types of legal person by reason of their legal form – not permissible (council directive 72/159, arts 2 and 3 (1)). Article 3 (1) of council directive 72/159 on the modernization of farms must be interpreted as meaning that member states, when laying down the criteria to be fulfilled by a legal person in order to be regarded as a farmer practising farming as his main occupation, are not permitted to exclude certain types of such legal person from the scope of the directive solely by reason of their legal form.
Citations:
C-312/85, R-312/85, [1986] EUECJ R-312/85
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European
Agriculture
Updated: 15 October 2022; Ref: scu.215476