Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud lodged on 22 July 2011 - CS AGRO Ronov s.r.o. v Ministerstvo zemědělství

(Case C-390/11)

Language of the case: Czech

Referring court

Nejvyšší správní soud

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: CS AGRO Ronov s.r.o.

Defendant: Ministerstvo zemědělství

Questions referred

On a proper interpretation of Article 4a(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 320/2006, as inserted by Council Regulation (EC) No 1261/2007 ¹, does the commitment to cease delivery of a certain amount of quota beet to the undertaking with which he has concluded a delivery contract in the preceding marketing year mean a unilateral declaration of the grower that he will not deliver sugar beet in the marketing year 2008/2009, or does that commitment mean the written termination of the contractual relationship of the grower with the sugar company concerning deliveries of sugar beet for the said marketing year?

May the fact that a contractual party uses a step provided for by a directly binding EU legal provision result in the unenforceability of an obligation of that contractual party under a valid private law contract, on condition that, as a result of that fact, the other contractual party is granted funds from the public budget?

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¹ - OJ 2007 L 58, p. 42.