Case C-183/04: Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Simvoulio tis Epikratias by judgment of that court of 3 March 2004 in the case of Elmeka N.E. against the Minister for Economic Affairs
Date: 2004-08-07
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, chartering, international waters, interpretation of the law, maritime transport, provision of services, tax exemption, tax system

7.8.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 201/7

1. Declares that, by failing to adopt

regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to implement Council Directive
1999/22/EC of 29 March 1999 relating to the keeping of wild
animals in zoos, the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obliga-
tions under that directive;

the laws,

2. Orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 213, 6.9.2003.

Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Simvoulio tis
Epikratias by judgment of that court of 3 March 2004 in
the case of Elmeka N.E. against the Minister for Economic
Affairs

(Case C-182/04)

(2004/C 201/12)

Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the Euro-
pean Communities by judgment of the Simvoulio tis Epikratias
(Council of State, Greece) of 3 March 2004, received at the
Court Registry on 19 April 2004, for a preliminary ruling in
the case of Elmeka N.E. against the Minister for Economic
Affairs on the following questions:

The questions in the present case match the questions in Case
C-181/04.

Action brought on 7 May 2004 by the Commission of the
European Communities against the Federal Republic of
Germany

(Case C-204/04)

(2004/C 201/14)

An action against
the Federal Republic of Germany was
brought before the Court of Justice of the European Commu-
nities on 7 May 2004 by the Commission of the European
Communities, represented by Nicola Yarrell, of the Commis-
sion's Legal Service, and Horstpeter Kreppel, a labour court
judge appointed to the Commission's Legal Service under the
exchange programme for national public servants, acting as
Agents, with an address for service in Luxembourg.

The applicant claims that the Court should:

1. Declare that the Federal Republic of Germany has infringed
the principle of equal treatment for men and women laid
down under Articles 1, 2 and 5 of Council Directive
76/207/EEC (1), and Clause 4 of the Framework Agreement
on part-time work concluded between UNICE, CEEP and the
to Council Directive
ETUC set out
97/81/EC (2),
indirectly discriminates against
women, who form the great majority of part-time
employees working less than 18 hours a week in the
German public sector, by excluding,

in the Annex

in that

it

(a) under Paragraph 14(2) of

the Bundespersonalvertre-
tungsgesetz (Federal Law on staff committees in the
public sector) and the equivalent regulations applying in
the Länder of

— Bavaria

— Berlin

— Bremen

— Hesse,

Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Simvoulio tis
Epikratias by judgment of that court of 3 March 2004 in
the case of Elmeka N.E. against the Minister for Economic
Affairs

part-time employees who normally work less than 18
hours a week, and

(b) in the Länder of

— Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

(Case C-183/04)

(2004/C 201/13)

— Saxony

— Schleswig-Holstein

— Thuringia,

Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the Euro-
pean Communities by judgment of the Simvoulio tis Epikratias
(Council of State, Greece) of 3 March 2004, received at the
Court Registry on 19 April 2004, for a preliminary ruling in
the case of Elmeka N.E. against the Minister for Economic
Affairs on the following questions:

The questions in the present case match the questions in Case
C-181/04.

part-time employees who work less than half of the
normal weekly hours of work,

(c) in the Länder of

— Baden-Württemberg

— Brandenburg

— Rhineland-Palatinate

— Saxony-Anhalt,

part-time employees who work less than one-third of
the normal weekly hours of work,