Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2002] All ER (D) 244 (May)
Court: Court of Justice of the European Communities, Second Chamber
Judge:

Judges Colneric (President), Schintgen and Skouris (Rapporteur)

Judgment Dates: 16 May 2002

Catchwords

European Community - Common Agricultural Policy - Milk production quotas - Application for special reference quantities - Procedure for application by producer receiving agricultural holding through inheritance or 'similar means' - Meaning of 'similar means' - Whether on facts of case producer receiving holding by 'similar means' - Council Regulation (EEC) 857/84, art 3a.

The Case

The words 'any similar transaction' within art3a of Council Regulation (EEC)857-84 (as amended) referred to any operation, whatever its legal basis, which produced effects comparable to those of inheritance.

Practice Areas

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