46In that regard, the Court has already held that environmental protection, one of the essential objectives of the European Union, must be regarded as forming part of the common agricultural policy (judgment of 16 July 2009 in Horvath, C‑428/07, EU:C:2009:458, paragraph 29) and, more specifically, that it forms part of the objectives of the single payment scheme (judgment of 14 October 2010 in Landkreis Bad Dürkheim, C‑61/09, EU:C:2010:606, paragraph 39), as is clear from recitals 3, 21 and 24 of Regulation No 1782/2003.
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