Cases C-321/04, C-322/04, C-323/04, C-324/04, C-325/04: 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 Travailleurs Non-Salariés des Professions Industrielles et Commerciales), 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 Industrielles 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 recouvrement (Caisse Nationale de l'Organisation Autonome d'Assurance Vieillesse des Travailleurs Non-Salariés des Professions Industrielles et Commerciales)
Date: 2004-09-25
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: State aid, company law, handicrafts, interpretation of the law, pension scheme, sales occupation, secondary sector, self-employment

C 239/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.9.2004

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).