Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 12 February 2004 in Case C-337/01 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof): Hamann International GmbH Spedition + Logistik v Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Stadt (Community Customs Code — Customs debt on import — Removal of goods from customs supervision)
Date: 2004-04-03
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: customs inspection, customs regulations, import, interpretation of the law

C 85/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

3.4.2004

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Second Chamber)

of 12 February 2004

in Case C-337/01 (Reference for a preliminary ruling
from the Bundesfinanzhof): Hamann International GmbH
Spedition + Logistik v Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Stadt (1)

(Community Customs Code — Customs debt on import —
Removal of goods from customs supervision)

(2004/C 85/07)

(Language of the case: German)

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

In Case C-337/01: Reference to the Court under Article 234
EC by the Bundesfinanzhof (Germany) for a preliminary ruling
in the proceedings pending before that court between Hamann
International GmbH Spedition + Logistik and Hauptzollamt
Hamburg-Stadt, on the interpretation of Article 203(1) of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992
establishing the Community Customs Code (OJ 1992 L 302,
p. 1), the Court (Second Chamber), composed of: V. Skouris,
acting for the President of the Second Chamber, R. Schintgen
(Rapporteur) and N. Colneric, Judges; A. Tizzano, Advocate
General; M.-F. Contet, Principal Administrator, for the Regis-
trar, has given a judgment on 12 February 2004, in which it
has ruled:

there is removal

Article 203(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of
12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code is to
be interpreted as meaning that
from customs
supervision for the purposes of that provision when, before the entry
into force of Commission Regulation (EC) No 993/2001 of 4 May
2001 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 laying down
provisions for the implementation of Regulation No 2913/92, non-
Community goods which were subject to the customs warehousing
procedure and intended for re-export from the customs territory of the
Community have been removed and transported from the customs
warehouse to the customs office at the point of exit without having
been placed under the external transit procedure and the customs
authorities have been unable, if only for a short time, to ensure
customs supervision of those goods.

(Fifth Chamber)

of 5 February 2004

in Case C-380/01 (Reference for a preliminary ruling
from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof): Gustav Schneider v
Bundesminister für Justiz (1)

(Directive 76/207/EEC — Equal treatment for men and
women — Promotion — Principle of effective control by the
courts — Inadmissibility)

(2004/C 85/08)

(Language of the case: German)

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

In Case C-380/01: Reference to the Court under Article 234
EC by the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) for a preliminary
ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between
Gustav Schneider and Bundesminister für Justiz, on the
interpretation of Council Directive 76/207/EEC of 9 February
1976 on the implementation of the principle of equal treat-
ment for men and women as regards access to employment,
vocational training and promotion, and working conditions
(OJ 1976 L 39, p. 40), the Court (Fifth Chamber), composed
of: P. Jann, acting for the President of the Fifth Chamber,
C. W. A. Timmermans (Rapporteur) and A. Rosas, Judges;
S. Alber, Advocate General; M.-F. Contet, Principal Adminis-
trator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 5 February
2004, in which it has ruled:

The reference for a preliminary ruling submitted by the Verwaltungs-
gerichtshof by order of 13 September 2001 is inadmissible.

(1) OJ C 348 of 8.12.2001.

(1) OJ C 348 of 8.12.2001.