Request for a preliminary ruling from the Symvoulio tis Epikrateias (Greece) lodged on 14 February 2022 – Kapniki A. Michailides AE v Organismos Pliromon kai Elegchou Koinotikon Enischyseon Prosanatolismou kai Eggyiseon (OPEKEPE), Ypourgos Agrotikis Anaptyxis kai Trofimon
(Case C-99/22)
Language of the case: Greek
Referring court
Symvoulio tis Epikrateias
Parties to the main proceedings
Appellant: Kapniki A. Michailides SA
Respondents: Organismos Pliromon kai Elegchou Koinotikon Enischyseon Prosanatolismou kai Eggyiseon (OPEKEPE), Ypourgos Agrotikis Anaptyxis kai Trofimon
Question referred
Does Article 3(3) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2062/92 of 30 June 1992, 1 which states that, where the quantity of tobacco of low class purchased by a processor exceeds, relative to his total purchases of the variety in question, the percentage indicated in Annex IV, the premium shall be reduced by 30% in respect of the quantity in excess of the percentage in question, infringe the principle of the non-retroactivity of legal rules and the principle of the protection of legitimate expectations?
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1 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2062/92 of 30 June 1992 fixing, for the 1992 harvest, the norm and intervention prices and the premiums granted to purchasers of leaf tobacco, the derived intervention prices for baled tobacco, the reference qualities, and the production areas (OJ 1992 L 215, p. 22).