Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 December 2001 in Case C-317/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrĳfsleven): Kloosterboer Rotterdam BV v Minister van Landbouw, Natuurbeheer en Visserĳ (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Additional duties on importation — Validity of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1484/95)
Date: 2002-02-16
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: customs duties, egg, egg product, import, interpretation of the law, poultrymeat

16.2.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 44/1

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(Information)

COURT OF JUSTICE

COURT OF JUSTICE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

trator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 13 December
2001, in which it has ruled:

(Sixth Chamber)

of 13 December 2001

in Case C-317/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling
from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven):
Kloosterboer Rotterdam BV v Minister van Landbouw,
Natuurbeheer en Visserij (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling — Additional duties on
importation — Validity of Article 3 of Regulation (EC)
No 1484/95)

(2002/C 44/01)

(Language of the case: Dutch)

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

In Case C-317/99: reference to the Court under Article 234
EC from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven
(Administrative Court for Trade and Industry) (Netherlands)
for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that
court between Kloosterboer Rotterdam BV and Minister van
Landbouw, Natuurbeheer en Visserij — on the validity of
Article 3(1)
and (3) of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1484/95 of 28 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for
import duties and
implementing the system of additional
fixing additional import duties in the poultrymeat and egg
sectors and for egg albumin, and repealing Regulation
No 163/67/EEC (OJ 1995 L 145, p. 47) and on the interpret-
ation of that provision and of Articles 65 and 220(2)(b) of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992
establishing the Community Customs Code (OJ 1992 L 302,
p. 1) — the Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of: N. Colneric,
President of the Second Chamber, acting for the President of
the Sixth Chamber, C. Gulmann, R. Schintgen, V. Skouris
(Rapporteur) and J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, Judges; D. Ruiz-Jarabo
Colomer, Advocate General; H.A. Rühl, Principal Adminis-

import duties and fixing additional

Paragraphs (1) and (3) of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1484/95
of 28 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for implementing the
system of additional
import
duties in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin, and
repealing Regulation No 163/67/EC, are invalid, inasmuch as they
provide that the additional duty referred to therein is, as a general
rule, established on the basis of the representative price laid down in
Article 2(1) of Regulation No 1484/95 and that the duty is
established on the basis of the cif import price of the shipment
concerned only if the importer so requests.

(1) OJ C 352 of 4.12.1999.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

of 13 December 2001

in Case C-324/99 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from
the Bundesverwaltungsgericht): DaimlerChrysler AG v
Land Baden-Württemberg (1)

(Environment — Waste — Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 on
shipments of waste — Conditions justifying prohibitions or
restrictions on the export of waste — National legislation
imposing the obligation to offer waste to an approved body)

(2002/C 44/02)

(Language of the case: German)

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

In Case C-324/99: reference to the Court under Article 234 EC
by the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Germany) for a preliminary
ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between
DaimlerChrysler AG and Land Baden-Württemberg, on the
interpretation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 of
1 February 1993 on the supervision and control of shipments