Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 14 June 2001 in Case C-178/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bezirksgericht Bregenz), concerning the application for land registration made by Doris Salzmann (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Registration of real property transactions in the land register — Administrative not judicial proceeding — Lack of jurisdiction of the Court)
Date: 2001-07-28
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Economic Area, building plot, free movement of capital, interpretation of the law, land and buildings

28.7.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 212/1

I

(Information)

COURT OF JUSTICE

COURT OF JUSTICE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Sixth Chamber)

of 14 June 2001

of 14 June 2001

in Case C-178/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from
the Bezirksgericht Bregenz), concerning the application
for land registration made by Doris Salzmann (1)

in Case C-191/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling
from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden): Kvaerner plc v
Staatssecretaris van Financïen (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling — Registration of real
property transactions in the land register — Administrative
not judicial proceeding — Lack of jurisdiction of the Court)

(Non-life insurance — Directive 88/357/EEC — Definition
of establishment and the State where the risk is situated)

(2001/C 212/01)

(Language of the case: German)

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

In Case C-178/99: reference to the Court under Article 177 of
the EC Treaty (now Article 234 EC) from the Bezirksgericht
(District Court) Bregenz (Austria) for a preliminary ruling in
the context of examination of an application for land regis-
tration made by Doris Slazmann — on the interpretation of
Article 73b of the EC Treaty (now Article 56 EC) and of
point 1(e) of Annex XII to the Agreement on the European
Economic Area — the Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of:
C. Gulmann, President of
the Chamber, V. Skouris,
J.-P. Puissochet (Rapporteur), R. Schintgen and J.N. Cunha
L.A. Geelhoed, Advocate General;
Rodrigues,
H.A. Rühl, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given
a judgment on 14 June 2001, in which it has ruled:

Judges;

The Court of Justice of the European Communities has no jurisdiction
to answer the questions raised by the Bezirksgericht Bregenz in its
order of 29 December 1998.

(1) OJ C 204 of 17.7.1999.

(2001/C 212/02)

(Language of the case: Dutch)

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

In Case C-191/99: reference to the Court under Article 234
EC) from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) for a
preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that
court between Kvaerner plc and Staatssecretaris van Financïen
— on the interpretation of Articles 2(c) and (d) and 3 of the
Second Council Directive (88/357/EEC) of 22 June 1988
on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative
provisions relating to direct insurance other than life assurance
and laying down provisions to facilitate the effective exercise
of
freedom to provide services and amending Directive
73/239/EEC (OJ 1988 L 172, p. 1) — the Court, composed of:
C. Gulmann, President of the Third and Sixth Chambers, acting
for the President, A. La Pergola, M. Wathelet (Rapporteur)
and V. Skouris (Presidents of Chambers), D.A.O. Edward,
J.P. Puissochet, P. Jann, L. Sevo´ n, R. Schintgen, F. Macken
Jacobs, Advocate General;
and N. Colneric,
D. Louterman-Hubeau, Head of Division, for the Registrar, has
given a judgment on 14 June 2001, in which it has ruled:

Judges; F.G.