Judgment_paragraph 49 · Federal Republic of Germany v Commission of the European Communities (C-54/95)

49Finally, the duty of the German authorities to verify that the animals in question were actually being used for breeding purposes also derives from Article 13 of Regulation No 3665/87, according to which: ‘No refund shall be granted on products which are not of sound and fair marketable quality’. An animal described as a ‘purebred breeding animal’ cannot be considered to be of sound and fair marketable quality if it does not possess the qualities that enable it to be used specifically for breeding purposes.