Judgment_paragraph 56 · SC Avio Lucos SRL v Agenţia de Plăţi şi Intervenţie pentru Agricultură – Centrul judeţean Dolj and Agenţia de Plăţi şi Intervenţie pentru Agricultură (APIA)

56As regards the requirement that a production unit must be ‘managed’ by a farmer, the Court has already ruled that the concept of management does not imply that the farmer has unlimited power over the area in question when using it for agricultural purposes. However, the farmer in question must enjoy a degree of autonomy with regard to that area sufficient for the carrying-out of his agricultural activity, that being a matter for the national court to assess, taking into account all the circumstances of the case before it (see, to that effect, judgments of 14 October 2010, Landkreis Bad Dürkheim, C‑61/09, EU:C:2010:606, paragraphs 61 and 62, and of 2 July 2015, Demmer, C‑684/13, EU:C:2015:439, paragraph 58).