Court of Justice 30 March 2000, C-403/98 (Azienda Agricola Monte Arcosu Srl v Regione Autonoma della Sardegna, Organismo Comprensoriale nº 24 della Sardegna and Ente Regionale per l'Assistenza Tecnica in Agricoltura (ERSAT).)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General Legal Background 1. Article 2(5) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 of 12 March 1985 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures (the Regulation) provides: [M]ember States shall, for the purposes of this regulation, define what is meant by the expression "farmer practising farming as his main occupation".