Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Gerechtshof’s-Gravenhage (Netherlands) lodged on 28 August 2009 — State of the Netherlands v Denkavit Nederland b.v. and Others

(Case C-346/09)

2009/C 282/44

Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Gerechtshof’s-Gravenhage

Parties to the main proceedings

Question referred

Must Community law, and specifically Directive 90/425/EEC, (1) Decision 94/381/EC (2) and Decision 2000/766/EC, (3) be interpreted as meaning that any national prohibition, such as that laid down in Article 2 of the Tijdelijke regeling, which, with a view to affording protection against BSE, prohibits the production of and trading in processed animal proteins intended for feeding to farmed animals, is incompatible with those provisions if such a national prohibition

(1)  Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra- Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market (OJ L 224, p. 29).

(2)  Commission Decision 94/381/EC of 27 June 1994 concerning certain protection measures with regard to bovine spongiform encephalopathy and the feeding of mammalian derived protein (OJ L 172, p. 23).

(3)  Council Decision 2000/766/EC of 4 December 2000 concerning certain protection measures with regard to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and the feeding of animal protein (OJ L 306, p. 32).

(4)  Commission Decision 2001/9/EC of 29 December 2000 concerning control measures required for the implementation of Council Decision 2000/766/EC concerning certain protection measures with regard to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and the feeding of animal protein (OJ 2001 L 2, p. 32).