Official Journal of the European Union

C 313/10

(Joined Cases C-175/07 to C-184/07) (1)

(Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure - Sugar - Production levies - Detailed rules for the application of the quota system - Taking into account of the quantities of sugar contained in processed products - Determination of the exportable surplus - Determination of the average loss)

(2008/C 313/15)

Language of the case: French

Referring court

Parties

Applicants: SA des sucreries de Fontaine-le-Dun-Bolbec-Auffay (SAFBA) (C-175/07), Sucreries et Raffineries d'Erstein SA (C-176/07), Sucreries & Distilleries de Souppes — Ouvré Fils SA (C-177/07), Sucrerie de Bourgogne SA (C-178/07), Sucrerie Bourdon (C-179/07), Sucreries du Marquenterre SA (C-180/07), Cristal Union (C-181/07), Lesaffre Frères SA (C-182/07) Vermendoise Industries SAS (C-183/07), Sucreries de Toury et Usines annexes SA (C-184/07)

Defendants: Directeur général des douanes et droits indirects, Receveur principal des douanes et droits indirects de Gennevilliers

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Tribunal de grande instance de Nanterre — Validity, having regard to Article 15 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (OJ 2001 L 178, p. 1), and the principles of proportionality and non-discrimination, of Commission Regulation (EC) No 314/2002 of 20 February 2002 laying down detailed rules for the application of the quota system in the sugar sector (OJ 2002 L 50, p. 40) — Validity, having regard to Regulations (EC) No 1260/2001 and 314/2002, of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1686/2005 of 14 October 2005 setting the production levies and the coefficient for the additional levy in the sugar sector for the 2004/05 marketing year (OJ 2005 L 271, p. 12) — Production levies including quantities of sugar contained in processed products, exported without benefit of export refunds

Operative part of the order

Examination of Article 6(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 314/2002 of 20 February 2002 laying down detailed rules for the application of the quota system in the sugar sector, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 38/2004 of 9 January 2004, in so far as that provision does not, with regard to calculation of the production levy, provide for exclusion from the exportable surplus of the quantities of sugar contained in exported processed products for which no export refund has been granted has not shown that there are factors liable to affect its validity.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1686/2005 of 14 October 2005 setting the production levies and the coefficient for the additional levy in the sugar sector for the 2004/05 marketing year is invalid.

(1) OJ C 117, 26.5.2007.