Judgment_paragraph 2 · Carmela Petruzzi and Addolorata Longo v Associazione Italiana Produttori Olivicoli and Associazione Salentina Olivicoltori and Azienda di Stato per gli interventi sul mercato agricolo (C-161/90, C-162/90)

2Those questions arose in proceedings between Carmela Petruzzi (Case C-161/90) and Addolorata Longo (Case C-162/90), on the one hand, and the Associazione Italiana Produttori Olivicoli (Italian Olive Oil Producers' Association, hereinafter referred to as ‘AIPO’), the Associazione Salentina Olivicoltori (Salento Olive Growers' Association, hereinafter referred to as ‘ASO’) and the Azienda di Stato per gli Interventi sul Mercato Agricolo (Italian Intervention Agency, hereinafter referred to as ‘AIMA’), on the other hand, in which the plaintiffs sought a declaration that any claim for recovery of the amounts paid by way of intervention prices for olive oil pursuant to Article 4 et seq. of Regulation No 136/66/EEC of the Council of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats (Official Journal, English Special Edition 1965-66, p. 221) was unfounded and unlawful.