Judgment_paragraph 2 · Giovanni Pesce and Others v Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri - Dipartimento della Protezione Civile and Others (C-78/16, C-79/16)

2The references have been made in proceedings between several owners of agricultural holdings situated in the province of Brindisi, in the Puglia Region (Italy), used for growing olive trees of the plant species Olea europaea L., and the Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri (Office of the Italian Prime Minister) (Case C‑79/16), the Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri — Dipartimento della Protezione Civile (Office of the Italian Prime Minister — Department of Civil Protection (Italy)), the Commissario Delegato Per Fronteggiare il Rischio Fitosanitario Connesso alla Diffusione della Xylella nel Territorio della Regione Puglia (Commissioner for addressing the phytosanitary risk connected with the spread of Xylella in the territory of the Puglia Region (Italy)) (‘the Commissioner’), the Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry (Italy)) and the Regione Puglia (Puglia Region (Italy)) concerning the measures taken by those authorities in order to eradicate the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa (Wells and Raju) (‘Xylella’) from that region and to prevent its spread.