25.2.2019

Official Journal of the European Union

C 72/8

(Case C-785/18)

(2019/C 72/11)

Language of the case: French

Referring court

Parties to the main proceedings

Appellant: GAEC Jeanningros

Respondents: Institut National de l’origine et de la qualité (INAO), Ministre de l’Agriculture et de l’Alimentation, Ministre de l’Économie et des Finances

Interested party: Comité interprofessionel de gestion du Comté

Question referred

Must Article 53 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs, (1) Article 6 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 664/2014 of 18 December 2013 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the establishment of the Union symbols for protected designations of origin, protected geographical indications and traditional specialities guaranteed and with regard to certain rules on sourcing, certain procedural rules and certain additional transitional rules, (2) and Article 10 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 of 13 June 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council, (3) in conjunction with Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, be interpreted as meaning that, in the specific case where the European Commission has upheld the application by the national authorities of a Member State seeking to have the specification of a name amended and to secure registration of the controlled designation of origin (appellation d’origine contrôlée), although that application is still the subject of an action pending before the national courts of that State, those courts may decide that there is no longer any need to adjudicate on the dispute, or, in view of the effects attached to a possible annulment of the contested measure on the validity of the registration by the European Commission, must those courts rule on the lawfulness of that measure adopted by the national authorities?

(1)

OJ 2012 L 343, p. 1.

(2)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 664/2014 of 18 December 2013 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the establishment of the Union symbols for protected designations of origin, protected geographical indications and traditional specialities guaranteed and with regard to certain rules on sourcing, certain procedural rules and certain additional transitional rules (OJ 2014 L 179, p. 17).

(3)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 of 13 June 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ 2014 L 179, p. 36).