A group of farmers vs. ARiMR

Action filed by a group of farmers against the Agencja Restrukturyzacji i Modernizacji Rolnictwa (Agency for Restructuring and Modernization of Agriculture)

A case to determine the defendant’s liability for damages suffered by individual members of the group arose from the defendant’s improper performance, as a so-called paying agency, of tasks related to the implementation of a support program for vegetable producers in connection with the market crisis caused by the Coli bacterium in the summer of 2011, causing damage to the personal property of the members of the group – vegetable and fruit producers.

37 members of the group

The proceedings are in the third phase.

3rd STAGE
  • The hearing of 11th April 2025
  • The hearing of 26th March 2025
  • The hearing of 21st February 2025
  • The hearing of 25th October 2024
2nd STAGE
  • Decision of the Regional Court in Warsaw 25th Civil Division of 29th November 2023, XXV C 308/16 – determination of the composition of the group
  • Decision of the Regional Court in Warsaw 25th Civil Division of 28th June 2022, XXV C 308/16 – announcement of the commencement of group proceedings
1st STAGE
  • Decision of the Regional Court in Warsaw 25th Civil Division of 13th January 2022, XXV C 308/16 – examination of the case in group proceedings
  • Statement of claims filed on: 11th February 2016