Ces questions ont été soulevées dans le cadre d'un litige opposant M. Zaninotto, un viticulteur, à l'Ispettorato Centrale Repressione Frodi · Ufficio di Conegliano · Ministero delle risorse agricole, alimentari e forestali (ci-après le «ministère») à propos d'une amende qui lui a été infligée en vertu du droit national pour violation des règles communautaires relatives à la distillation obligatoire de vin de table.
Those questions were raised in proceedings between Mr Zaninotto, a wine-grower, and the Ispettorato Centrale Repressione Frodi · Ufficio di Conegliano · Ministero delle Risorse Agricole, Alimentari e Forestali (Conegliano Office of the Central Inspectorate for the Prevention of Fraud in the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forest Resources; hereinafter 'the Ministry') concerning a fine imposed on him under national law for contravention of the Community rules on the compulsory distillation of table wine.