Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 8 March 2001 in Case C-68/99: Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany (Failure to fulfil obligations — Freedom of establishment — Freedom to provide services — Social security — Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 — Funding of the social insurance scheme for self-employed artists and journalists — Contribution collected from undertakings which market the work of artists and journalists, calculated on the basis of the remuneration paid to the authors — Account taken of remuneration paid to artists and journalists subject to the social security legislation of another Member State)
Date: 2001-06-30
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Germany, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, advertising, artistic profession, social security

30.6.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 186/1

I

(Information)

COURT OF JUSTICE

COURT OF JUSTICE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Sixth Chamber)

of 8 March 2001

in Case C-68/99: Commission of the European Communi-
ties v Federal Republic of Germany(1)

(Failure to fulfil obligations — Freedom of establishment —
Freedom to provide services — Social security — Regulation
(EEC) No 1408/71 — Funding of the social insurance scheme
for self-employed artists and journalists — Contribution
collected from undertakings which market the work of artists
and journalists, calculated on the basis of the remuneration
paid to the authors — Account taken of remuneration paid
to artists and journalists subject to the social security
legislation of another Member State)

Community as amended and updated by Council Regulation
(EC) No 118/97 of 2 December 1996 (OJ 1997 L 28, p. 1) —
the Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of: C. Gulmann, Presi-
dent of the Chamber, V. Skouris, J.-P. Puissochet (Rapporteur),
R. Schintgen and F. Macken, Judges; D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer,
Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment
on 8 March 2001, in which it:

1. Dismisses the application;

2. Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay

the costs.

(1) OJ C 121 of 1.5.1999.

(2001/C 186/01)

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Language of the case: German)

(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
in the European Court Reports)

In Case C-68/99: Commission of the European Communities
(Agents: P. Hillenkamp and A. Buschmann) v Federal Republic
of Germany (Agents: W.-D. Plessing and C.-D. Quassowski) —
application for a declaration that, by applying Paragraph 23 et
seq. of the Künstlersozialversicherungsgesetz (Law on social
insurance for artists) to artists and journalists who reside in
another EU Member State and normally pursue a self-employed
activity both in that other Member State and in the Federal
Republic of Germany, and who are thus exclusively subject, as
regards the social security system, to the legislation of the
Member State in the territory of which they reside, the Federal
Republic of Germany has failed to fulfil its obligations under
Articles 51, 52 and/or 59 of the EC Treaty (now, after
amendment, Articles 42 EC and 43 EC and/or 49 EC) and
Title II, specifically the first sentence of Article 14a(2) in
conjunction with Article 13(1) and (2)(b), of Council Regu-
lation No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the application of
social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed
persons and to members of their families moving within the

(First Chamber)

of 8 March 2001

in Case C-240/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from
the Regeringsrätten): proceedings brought by Försäkring-
saktiebolaget Skandia (publ) (1)

(Sixth VAT Directive — Exemptions — Insurance and
reinsurance transactions)

(2001/C 186/02)

(Language of the case: Swedish)

(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
in the European Court Reports)

In Case C-240/99: reference to the Court under Article 234
EC from the Regeringsrätten (Supreme Administrative Court)
Sweden for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending
before that court brought by Försäkringsaktiebolaget Skandia
(publ) — on the interpretation of Article 13B(a) of Sixth