Annotation on the Judgment of the Court of Justice of 30 May 2013 in case C-677/11, Doux Élevage SNC, Coopérative agricole UKL-ARREE

I. Introduction The Doux Élevage case concerns a reference for a preliminary ruling by the French Conseil d’État in proceedings lodged by two enterprises, which were required to pay inter-trade contributions. Such contributions, established by an agricultural inter-trade organisation, were initially voluntar