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Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (France) lodged on 9 July 2019 — Entoma SAS v Ministre de l’Économie et des Finances, Ministre de l’Agriculture et de l’Alimentation

(Case C-526/19)

Language of the case: French

Referring court

Conseil d’État

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Entoma SAS

Defendants: Ministre de l’Économie et des Finances, Ministre de l’Agriculture et de l’Alimentation

Question referred

Is Article 1(2)(e) of the Regulation of 27 January 1997 1 to be interpreted as including within its scope foods consisting of whole animals intended to be consumed as such or does it apply only to food ingredients isolated from insects?

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1     Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 1997 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients (OJ 1997 L 43, p. 1).