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Antonio Pontillo v Donatab Srl (C-372/96)
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The first question
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Antonio Pontillo v Donatab Srl (C-372/96)

Judgment of 17 Sept 1998law://eu/cjeu/1996/c-372-96/para_23@2026-11-11

23It follows that traders cannot claim a vested right to the maintenance of an advantage which they derive from the establishment of the common organisation of the markets and which they enjoyed at a given time (Crispoltoni II, paragraph 58).

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Fifth Chamber
Case: C-372/96 · ECLI:EU:C:1998:412
Decided: 17 Sept 1998
Procedure: Preliminary reference
Upheld as valid: Regulation 1991/1738
Applicant: Antonio Pontillo
Defendant: Donatab Srl
Rapporteur: J. C. Moitinho de Almeida
Advocate General: J. Mischo
Bench: 4 judges
M. Wathelet, J. C. Moitinho de Almeida, D. A. O. Edward, J.-P. Puissochet
Language: Italian
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 61996CJ0372

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Common organisation of the markets

History · 1 version

17 Sept 1998Reading

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Interprets 1: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1738/91 of 13 June 1991 fixing, for the 1991 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, the production areas and the guaranteed maximum quantities and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1331/90
Cited by 7: Kapniki A. Michailidis AE v Organismos Pliromon kai Elenchou Koinotikon Enischiseon Prosanatolismou kai Engyiseon (OPEKEPE) and Ypourgos Agrotikis Anaptyxis kai Trofimon (C-99/22)2 provisions; Italian Republic v Council of the European Union (C-340/98)2 provisions; Emesa Sugar (Free Zone) NV v Council of the European Union (T-43/98)2 provisions; Italian Republic v Council of the European Union and Commission of the European Communities (C-100/99)2 provisions; Eridania Spa v Azienda Agricola San Luca di Rumagnoli Viannj (C-289/97)2 provisions; Agricola Tabacchi Bonavicina Snc di Mercati Federica (ATB) and Others v Ministero per le Politiche Agricole, Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo (AIMA) and Mario Pittaro (C-402/98)2 provisions; Emesa Sugar (Free Zone) NV v Aruba (C-17/98)2 provisions
Cites 11: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 of the Council of 21 April 1970 on the common organisation of the market in raw tobacco; Antonio Crispoltoni v Fattoria Autonoma Tabacchi and Giuseppe Natale and Antonio Pontillo v Donatab Srl (C-133/93, C-300/93, C-362/93); Antonio Crispoltoni v Fattoria autonoma tabacchi di Città di Castello (C-368/89); Council Regulation (EEC) No 1114/88 of 25 April 1988 amending Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco; W. Beus GmbH & Co. v Hauptzollamt München (5/67); Odette Nikou Petridi Anonymos Kapnemporiki AE v Athanasia Simou and Others (C-324/96); Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2178/92 of 30 July 1992 determining, for tobacco from the 1991 harvest, the quantity actually produced and the prices and premiums payable under the system of maximum guaranteed quantities; Council Regulation (EEC) No 1329/90 of 14 May 1990 amending Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 on the common organization of the market in raw tabacco; Council Regulation (EEC) No 1738/91 of 13 June 1991 fixing, for the 1991 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, the production areas and the guaranteed maximum quantities and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1331/90; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v Council of the European Union (C-84/94)