Case C-316/04: Reference for a preliminary ruling by the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven by order of that court of 22 July 2004 in the case of Stichting Zuid-Hollandse Milieufederatie against College voor de toelating van bestrijdingsmiddelen (Ctb)
Date: 2004-09-25
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: chemical product, environmental protection, exchange of information, interpretation of the law, market approval, marketing standard, pharmaceutical product, plant health legislation, plant health product

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Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Gerechtshof te
Amsterdam by decision of that court of 28 June 2004 in
the case of B.V. Algemene Scheeps Agentuur Dordrecht
against Inspecteur van de Belastingdienst – Douanedistrict
Rotterdam

(Case C-311/04)

(2004/C 239/04)

Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the Euro-
pean Communities by decision of
te
Amsterdam (Amsterdam Regional Court of Appeal, Nether-
lands) of 28 June 2004, received at the Court Registry on
22 July 2004, for a preliminary ruling in the case of B.V. Alge-
mene Scheeps Agentuur Dordrecht against Inspecteur van de
Belastingdienst – Douanedistrict Rotterdam on the following
questions:

the Gerechtshof

1. Is Additional Note (EC) 1 to Chapter 10 of the Common
Customs Tariff, as set out
in Council Regulation (EEC)
No 2658/87 (1) of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical
nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, valid in
so far as it lays down requirements in respect of the term
‘semi-milled rice’ that differ from those laid down in the
Customs Cooperation Council's Explanatory Note
to
subheading 1006 of the Harmonised System?

2. If the answer to the first question is in the affirmative, is it
possible for an appellant to plead good faith pursuant to the
fourth subparagraph of Article 220(2)(b) of the Community
Customs Code in a situation where the appellant was or
ought to have been aware of Additional Note (EC) 1(f) to
Chapter 10 of the CN but did not know or may at least
have had doubts as to whether that note was valid in the
light of the different description set out in the Custom
Cooperation Council's Explanatory Note to subheading
1006 of the Harmonised System?

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.

Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Verwaltungs-
gericht Frankfurt am Main by order of that court of 24
June 2004 in the case of Franz Egenberger GmbH Molkerei
Land-
und Trockenwerk

against Bundesanstalt

für

wirtschaft und Ernährung

(Case C-313/04)

(2004/C 239/05)

Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the Euro-
pean Communities by order of the Verwaltungsgericht (Admin-
istrative Court), Frankfurt am Main of 24 June 2004, received
at the Court Registry on 26 July 2004, for a preliminary ruling
in the case of Franz Egenberger GmbH Molkerei und Trocken-
werk against Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung
on the following question:

1. Is Article

of

35(2)

Commission Regulation

(EC)
No 2535/2001 contrary to higher-ranking Community
law (1),
in particular the prohibition in Article 28 EC of
quantitative restrictions on imports and of measures having
equivalent effect, the prohibition of discrimination in the
second subparagraph of Article 34(2) EC and Article 26(2)
of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 (2), and is it
therefore invalid?

2. Is Article

of

25(1)

Commission Regulation

(EC)
No 2535/2001 contrary to higher-ranking Community law,
in particular the prohibition of discrimination in the second
subparagraph of Article 34(2) EC, the prohibition of discri-
mination in the second subparagraph of Article 29(2) of
Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999, Article 28 EC and
the first paragraph of Article 82 EC, and is it therefore
invalid?

3. Are Articles 25(1) and 35(2) of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2535/2001 contrary to Article XVII: 1(a) of the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and Article 1(3) of
the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures (3), and are
they therefore invalid?

(1) OJ L 341, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 160, p. 48.
(3) OJ L 336, de 23.12.1994, p. 151.

Reference for a preliminary ruling by the College van
Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven by order of that court of 22
July 2004 in the case of Stichting Zuid-Hollandse Milieu-
federatie against College voor de toelating van bestrij-
dingsmiddelen (Ctb)

(Case C-316/04)

(2004/C 239/06)

Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the Euro-
pean Communities by order of the College van Beroep voor het
bedrijfsleven of 22 July 2004, received at the Court Registry on
26 July 2004, for a preliminary ruling in the case of Stichting
Zuid-Hollandse Milieufederatie against College voor de toelating
van bestrijdingsmiddelen (Ctb) on the following questions:

1(a) Can Article 8 of the Plant Protection Products Directive (1)
be applied by the national court after the period referred
to in Article 23 thereof has expired?

1(b) Can Article 16 of the Biocidal Products Directive (2) be
applied by a national court after the period referred to in
Article 34 thereof has expired?

2. Must Article 16 of the Biocidal Product Directive be inter-
preted as having the same meaning as Article 8(2) of the
Plant Protection Products Directive?

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3. Must Article 16(1) of the Biocidal Products Directive be

interpreted as a standstill obligation?

If the answer to this question is in the negative:

the Biocidal Products Directive
Does Article 16(1) of
impose
rules
amendments
limits
concerning the placing on the market of biocidal
products, and if so what limits?

national

on

to

4. If the answer to Question 2 is in the negative:

(a) Must Article 8(2) of

the Plant Protection Products
Directive be interpreted as meaning that where a
Member State authorises the placing on the market in
its territory of plant protection products containing
active substances not listed in Annex I to that directive
that were already on the market two years after the
date of notification of that directive regard must also
be had to the provisions of Article 4 thereof?

(b) Must Article 8(2) of

the Plant Protection Products
Directive also be interpreted as meaning that where a
Member State authorises the placing on the market in
its territory of plant protection products containing
active substances not listed in Annex I to that directive
that were already on the market two years after the
date of notification of that directive regard must also
be had to the provisions of Article 8(3) thereof?

5. Must Article 8(3) of the Plant Protection Products Direc-
tive be interpreted as meaning that 'a review' must also be
construed as including an examination whereby regard is
to be had to the effects of an active substance concerned
on human and animal health and on the environment and
on the basis of which this active substance is designated,
the result of such designation being that plant protection
products containing the active substance are authorised or
registered by operation of law?

6. Must Article 8(3) of the Plant Protection Products Direc-
tive be interpreted as meaning that it contains only rules
relating to the provision of data before a review or must it
be construed as meaning that the requirements set out
therein are also relevant to the way in which a review
must be organised and carried out?

(1) OJ L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 123, 24.4.1998, p. 1.

References for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d'Appel
de Lyon by judgments of 24 February 2004, in the following
cases SAS Distribution Casino France, as successor to Casino
France, against Organic de recouvrement (Caisse Nationale de
l'Organisation Autonome d'Assurance Vieillesse des Travail-
leurs Non-Salariés des Professions Industrielles et Commer-
ciales), Casino France, as successor to SA Imquef, in turn
successor to SA Judis, against Organic de recouvrement
(Caisse Nationale de l'Organisation Autonome d'Assurance
Vieillesse des Travailleurs Non-Salariés des Professions Indus-
trielles et Commerciales), SA Dechrist Holding against
Organic de recouvrement (Caisse Nationale de l'Organisation
Autonome d'Assurance Vieillesse des Travailleurs Non-
Salariés des Professions Industrielles et Commerciales), SA
Komogo against Organic de recouvrement (Caisse Nationale
de l'Organisation Autonome d'Assurance Vieillesse des
Travailleurs Non-Salariés des Professions Industrielles et
Commerciales), SARL Tout pour la maison against Organic
de
l'Organisation
Autonome d'Assurance Vieillesse des Travailleurs Non-
Salariés des Professions Industrielles et Commerciales)

(Caisse Nationale de

recouvrement

(Cases C-321/04, C-322/04, C-323/04, C-324/04, C-325/04)

(2004/C 239/07)

Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the European
Communities by judgments of the Cour d'Appel de Lyon (Lyons
Court of Appeal) given on 24 February 2004 in the following
cases:

SAS Distribution Casino France, as successor to Casino France,
against Organic de recouvrement (Caisse Nationale de l'Organisa-
tion Autonome d'Assurance Vieillesse des Travailleurs Non-Salariés
des Professions Industrielles et Commerciales) (National Indepen-
dent Old-Age Insurance Fund for Self-Employed Persons in Manu-
facturing and Trading Occupations) (Case C-321/04)

Casino France, as successor to SA Imquef, in turn successor to SA
Judis, against Organic de recouvrement (Caisse Nationale de l'Orga-
nisation Autonome d'Assurance Vieillesse des Travailleurs Non-
Salariés des Professions Industrielles et Commerciales) (National
Independent Old-Age Insurance Fund for Self-Employed Persons in
Manufacturing and Trading Occupations) (Case C-322/04)

SA Dechrist Holding against Organic de recouvrement (Caisse
Nationale de l'Organisation Autonome d'Assurance Vieillesse des
Travailleurs Non-Salariés des Professions Industrielles et Commer-
ciales) (National Independent Old-Age Insurance Fund for Self-
Employed Persons in Manufacturing and Trading Occupations)
(Case C-323/04)

SA Komogo against Organic de recouvrement (Caisse Nationale de
l'Organisation Autonome d'Assurance Vieillesse des Travailleurs
Non-Salariés des Professions
et Commerciales)
(National Independent Old-Age Insurance Fund for Self-Employed
Persons in Manufacturing and Trading Occupations) (Case C-324/
04)

Industrielles

SARL Tout pour la maison against Organic de recouvrement
(Caisse Nationale de l'Organisation Autonome d'Assurance Vieil-
lesse des Travailleurs Non-Salariés des Professions Industrielles et
Commerciales) (National Independent Old-Age Insurance Fund for
Self-Employed Persons in Manufacturing and Trading Occupations)
(Case C-325/04), received at the Court Registry on 27 July 2004.

The Cour d'Appel de Lyon asks the Court of Justice to decide
whether a mutual assistance charge for the benefit of traders and
craftsmen collected from the appellants is State aid within the
meaning of Article 87 of the EC Treaty (formerly Article 92).