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Request for a preliminary ruling from the Krajský soud v Brně (Czech Republic) lodged on 4 December 2019 — Tesco Stores ČR a.s. v Ministerstvo zemědělství

(Case C-881/19)

Language of the case: Czech

Referring court

Krajský soud v Brně

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Tesco Stores ČR a.s.

Defendant: Ministerstvo zemědělství

Question referred

Should the rule set out in point 2(a) of part E of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 1 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 be interpreted such that, with respect to a food intended for an end consumer in the Czech Republic, a compound ingredient listed in point 2(c) of part A of Annex I to Directive 2000/36/EC 2 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 June 2000 relating to cocoa and chocolate products intended for human consumption, as amended, may only be listed among the ingredients of the product without a precise specification of its composition if that compound ingredient is labelled precisely in line with the Czech language version of Annex I to Directive 2000/36/EC?

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1 OJ 2011 L 304, p. 18.

2 OJ 2000 L 197, p. 19.