Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 13 September 2001 in Case C-169/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof): Hans Schwarzkopf GmbH & Co. KG v Zentrale zur Bekämpfung unlauteren Wettbewerbs eV (Article 6(1)(d), last sentence, of Directive 76/768/EEC, as amended by Directive 93/35/EEC — Prescribed labelling "impossible for practical reasons" — Justification for putting abbreviated forms of compulsory warnings on the containers and packaging of cosmetic products — Information provided in nine languages in the interests of greater flexibility in the marketing of cosmetic products)
Date: 2001-11-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: approximation of laws, cosmetic product, interpretation of the law, labelling, official language, packaging

10.11.2001

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COURT OF JUSTICE

COURT OF JUSTICE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Third Chamber)

of 2 October 2001

2. Orders SIVU du plan d’eau de la Vallée du Lot, otherwise
known as SIVU du pays d’accueil de la Vallée du Lot, and
Hydro-Réalisations SARL jointly and severally to pay the
sum of
Commission of
EUR 35 404,78, together with contractual interest with effect
from 30 October 1998 until discharge of the debt in full.

the European Communities

the

in Case C-172/97 OP: SIVU du plan d’eau de la Vallée du
Lot, otherwise known as SIVU du pays d’accueil de la
Vallée du Lot v Commission of the European Communi-
ties and Hydro-Réalisations SARL (1)

(Arbitration clause — Non-performance of a contract —
Proceedings to have a judgment by default set aside)

3. Dismisses the remainder of the application by SIVU du plan
d’eau de la Vallée du Lot, otherwise known as SIVU du pays
d’accueil de la Vallée du Lot.

4. Orders SIVU du plan d’eau de la Vallée du Lot, otherwise
known as SIVU du pays d’accueil de la Vallée du Lot, and the
Commission of the European Communities to bear their own
costs in this application.

(1) OJ C 226 of 7.8.1999.

(2001/C 317/01)

(Language of the case: French)

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

In Case C-172/97 OP: SIVU du plan d’eau de la Vallée du Lot,
otherwise known as SIVU du pays d’accueil de la Vallée du Lot,
established in La Canourgue (France) (Avocat: T. Vernhet) —
application to have the judgment by default delivered by the
Court of Justice of the European Communities (Third Chamber)
on 10 June 1999 in Case C-172/97 Commission v SIVU and
Hydro-Réalisations [1999] ECR I-3363 set aside, the other
parties to the proceedings being: Commission of the European
Communities, (Agents: initially R.B. Wainwright and O. Couv-
ert-Castéra, and, subsequently, R.B. Wainwright and J.-F. Pas-
quier) and Hydro-Réalisations SARL, established in Rodez
(France) — the Court (Third Chamber), composed of: C. Gul-
mann, President of the Chamber, J.-P. Puissochet (Rapporteur)
and F. Macken, Judges; S. Alber, Advocate General; R. Grass,
Registrar, has given a judgment on 20 October 2001, in which
it:

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Fifth Chamber)

of 13 September 2001

in Case C-169/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from
the Bundesgerichtshof): Hans Schwarzkopf GmbH & Co.
KG v Zentrale zur Bekämpfung unlauteren Wettbewerbs
eV (1)

(Article 6(1)(d), last sentence, of Directive 76/768/EEC, as
amended by Directive 93/35/EEC — Prescribed labelling
‘impossible for practical reasons’ — Justification for putting
abbreviated forms of compulsory warnings on the containers
and packaging of cosmetic products — Information provided
in nine languages in the interests of greater flexibility in the
marketing of cosmetic products)

(2001/C 317/02)

(Language of the case: German)

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

1.

Sets aside point 1 of the operative part of the judgment by
default of 10 June 1999 in Case C-172/97 Commission v
SIVU and Hydro-Réalisations.

In Case C-169/99: reference to the Court under Article 234 of
the EC Treaty from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) for a
preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that

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court between Hans Schwarzkopf GmbH & Co. KG and
Zentrale zur Bekämpfung unlauteren Wettbewerbg eV — on
the interpretation of the last sentence of Article 6(1)(d) of
Council Directive 76/768/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the
approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to
cosmetic products (OJ 1976 L 262, p. 169), as amended by
Council Directive 93/35/EEC of 14 June 1993 (OJ 1993 L 151,
p. 32), in conjunction with Articles 30 and 36 of the EC Treaty
(now, after amendment, Articles 28 EC and 30 EC) — the
Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of: A. La Pergola, President
of the Chamber, M. Wathelet, D.A.O. Edward (Rapporteur),
P. Jann and L. Sevo´ n, Judges; J. Mischo, Advocate General;
H.A: Rühl, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given
a judgment on 13 September 2001, in which it has ruled:

It is not ‘impossible for practical reasons’, within the meaning of the
last sentence of Article 6(1)(d) of Council Directive 76/768/EEC of
27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member
States relating to cosmetic products, as amended by Council Directive
93/35/EEC of 14 June 1993, to set out the compulsory warnings
in full on the container and packaging of a cosmetic product in the
language or languages prescribed in the Member State in which it is
to be marketed, where the producer or distributor wishes to label the
product in nine languages, including eight official languages of the
Community, for economic considerations and in order to facilitate the
movement of the product within the Community, and this entails
abbreviating those warnings on the container and packaging.

(1) OJ C 188 of 3.7.1999.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

of 20 September 2001

in Case C-184/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from
the Tribunal du travail de Nivelles): Rudy Grzelczyk
v Centre public d’aide sociale d’Ottignies-Louvain-la-
Neuve (1)

(Articles 6, 8 and 8a of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment,
Articles 12 EC, 17 EC and 18 EC) — Council Directive
93/96/EEC — Right of residence for students — National
legislation which guarantees a minimum subsistence allow-
ance only for nationals, persons covered by Regulation (EEC)
No 1612/68 and stateless persons and refugees — Foreign
student who has met his own living expenses during the first
years of his studies)

(2001/C 317/03)

(Language of the case: French)

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

In Case C-184/99: reference to the Court under Article 177 of
the EC Treaty (now Article 234 EC) from the Tribunal du
travail de Nivelles (Industrial Tribunal, Nivelles), (Belgium) for

a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that
court between Rudy Grzelczyk and Centre public d’aide sociale
d’Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve — on the interpretation of
Articles 6, 8 and 8a of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment,
Articles 12 EC, 17 EC and 18 EC) and Council Directive
93/96/EEC of 29 October 1993 on the right of residence for
students (OJ 1993 L 317, p. 59) — the Court, composed of:
G.C. Rodrı´guez Iglesias, President, C. Gulmann, M. Wathelet
and V. Skouris (Presidents of Chambers), D.A.O. Edward.
(Rapporteur), P. Jann, L. Sevo´ n, R. Schintgen and F. Macken,
Judges; S. Alber, Advocate General; D. Louterman-Hubeau,
Head of Division, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on
20 September 2001, in which it has ruled:

Articles 6 and 8 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Articles 12
EC and 17 EC) preclude entitlement to a non-contributory social
benefit, such as the minimex, from being made conditional, in the
case of nationals of Member States other than the host State where
they are legally resident, on their falling within the scope of
Regulation No 1612/68 of the Council of 15 October 1968 on the
freedom of movement for workers within the Community when no
such condition applies to nationals of the host Member State.

(1) OJ C 204 of 17.7.1999.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Sixth Chamber)

of 27 September 2001

in Case C-253/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from
the Finanzgericht Bremen): Bacardi GmbH v Hauptzoll-
amt Bremerhaven (1)

(Community Customs Code and implementing regulation —
Repayment of import duties — Favourable tariff treatment
— Post-clearance production of certificate of authenticity —
Alteration of the tariff classification stated in the customs
declaration — Concept of ‘special situation’)

(2001/C 317/04)

(Language of the case: German)

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

In Case C-253/99: reference to the Court under Article 234
EC from the Finanzgericht Bremen (Germany) for a preliminary
ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between
Bacardi GmbH and Hauptzollamt Bremerhaven — on the
interpretation of Articles 236 and 239 of Council Regulation