( March 7, 2016, 10:57 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The Court of Justice of the EU has released questions from France’s Supreme Court, which seeks guidance on the intersection between farm policy and antitrust law. The French court is asking whether producers of Belgian endives can invoke pan-European agricultural rules to escape fines for price fixing.Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation (France) lodged on 14 December 2015 — Président de l’Autorité de la concurrence v Association des producteurs vendeurs d’endives (APVE), Association Comité économique régional agricole fruits et légumes de Bretagne (Cerafel), Société Fraileg, Société Prim’Santerre, Union des endiviers, Société Soleil du Nord, Comité économique fruits et légumes du Nord de la France (Celfnord), Association des producteurs d’endives de France (APEF), Section nationale de l’endive (SNE), Fédération du commerce de l’endive (FCE), Société France endives, Société Cambrésis Artois-Picardie endives (CAP’Endives), Société Marché de Phalempin, Société Primacoop, Société Coopérative agricole du marais audomarois (Sipema), Société Valois-Fruits, Société Groupe Perle du Nord, Ministre de l’économie, de l’industrie et du numérique...
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