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Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Schwerin (Germany) lodged on 8 May 2019 — FD v Staatliches Amt für Landwirtschaft und Umwelt Mittleres Mecklenburg

(Case C-365/19)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Verwaltungsgericht Schwerin

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: FD

Defendant: Staatliches Amt für Landwirtschaft und Umwelt Mittleres Mecklenburg

Question referred

Does Article 30(6) of Regulation (EU) 1307/2013 1  — possibly in conjunction with Article 28(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 639/2014 2  — establish a legal right to allocation of payment entitlements for the 2016 claim year for a young farmer even when, on the basis of Article 24 of Regulation (EU) 1307/2013, he has already been allocated payment entitlements free of charge from the 2015 national ceiling corresponding to his area of land at that time?

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1 Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 and Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 (OJ 2013 L 347, p. 608).

2 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014 of 11 March 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and amending Annex X to that Regulation (OJ 2014 L 181, p. 1).