# C_2005143EN.01002302.xml

| 11.6.2005 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 143/23 |
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Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Luleå tingsrätt by order of that court of 21 March 2005 in Åklagaren v Percy Mickelsson and Joakim Roos

(Case C-142/05)

(2005/C 143/33)

Language of the case: Swedish

Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the European Communities by decision of the Luleå tingsrätt (Sweden) of 21 March 2005, received at the Court Registry on 24 March 2005, for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings between Åklagaren and Percy Mickelsson and Joakim Roos on the following questions:

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Do Articles 28 to 30 EC preclude national provisions, such as those in the Swedish jet-ski regulations, prohibiting the use of personal watercraft other than on a general navigable waterway or waters in respect of which the local authority has issued rules permitting their use? b)
In the alternative, do Articles 28 to 30 EC prevent a Member State from applying provisions of that kind in such a way as to prohibit the use of personal watercraft also on waters which have not yet been the subject of an investigation by the local authority of whether or not rules permitting their use in the area are to be issued? | a) | Do Articles 28 to 30 EC preclude national provisions, such as those in the Swedish jet-ski regulations, prohibiting the use of personal watercraft other than on a general navigable waterway or waters in respect of which the local authority has issued rules permitting their use? | b) | In the alternative, do Articles 28 to 30 EC prevent a Member State from applying provisions of that kind in such a way as to prohibit the use of personal watercraft also on waters which have not yet been the subject of an investigation by the local authority of whether or not rules permitting their use in the area are to be issued? |
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| a) | Do Articles 28 to 30 EC preclude national provisions, such as those in the Swedish jet-ski regulations, prohibiting the use of personal watercraft other than on a general navigable waterway or waters in respect of which the local authority has issued rules permitting their use? | | | | |
| b) | In the alternative, do Articles 28 to 30 EC prevent a Member State from applying provisions of that kind in such a way as to prohibit the use of personal watercraft also on waters which have not yet been the subject of an investigation by the local authority of whether or not rules permitting their use in the area are to be issued? | | | | |

| 2. | Does Directive 2003/44/EC( 1 ) of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 94/25/EC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to recreational craft preclude such national provisions prohibiting the use of personal watercraft as set out above? |
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( 1 )  of 16 June 2003, OJ L 214, 26.8.2003, p. 18.

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