Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 7 April 2022.#SC Avio Lucos SRL v Agenţia de Plăţi şi Intervenţie pentru Agricultură – Centrul judeţean Dolj and Agenţia de Plăţi şi Intervenţie pentru Agricultură (APIA) – Aparat Central.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Alba Iulia.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Agriculture – Common agricultural policy – Direct support schemes – Common rules – Single area payment scheme – Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 – Article 4(1)(a) and (c) and Article 4(2)(b) – National legislation making direct support conditional on the farmer keeping his own animals – Article 9(1) – Concept of ‘active farmer’ – Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 – Article 60 – Circumvention clause – Concept of ‘artificially created conditions’.#Case C-176/20.