Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 15 September 2005 in Joined Cases C-281/03 and C-282/03, Reference for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven: Cindu Chemicals BV and Others v College voor de toelating van bestrijdingsmiddelen (Directive 76/769/EEC — Dangerous substances — Ability of the Member States to lay down additional conditions for the placing on the market and use of a biocidal product the use of whose active substance is restricted by the directive — Wood preservatives containing coal-tar distillates (carbolineum and creosote) — Wood preservatives containing copper, chrome and arsenic)
Date: 2005-10-29
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: dangerous substance, interpretation of the law, market approval, plant health product

29.10.2005

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 271/3

Salute and Coordinamento delle associazioni per la difesa
dell'ambiente e dei diritti degli utenti e dei consumatori
(Codacons), Federconsumatori,
intervening parties: Lega delle
Cooperative, Associazione Italiana Industrie Prodotti Alimentari
(AIIPA), Adusbef — the Court (Second Chamber) composed of
C.W.A. Timmermans (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber,
C. Gulmann and R. Schintgen,,
Judges; P. Léger, Advocate
General, M. Múgica Arzamendi, Principal Administrator, Regis-
trar, gave a judgment on 26 May 2005, the operative part of
which is as follows:

Article 2(2)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1139/98 of 26 May
1998 concerning the compulsory indication on the labelling of certain
foodstuffs produced from genetically modified organisms of particulars
other than those provided for in Directive 79/112/EEC, as amended
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 49/2000 of 10 January 2000,
is to be interpreted as meaning that the exemption for which it
provides from the obligation, laid down in Article 2(1) and (3) of
that regulation, to state on the labelling of foodstuffs that material
derived from certain GMOs is present, where such presence is the
result of adventitious
contamination and does not exceed a de
minimis threshold of 1 %, also applies to foodstuffs intended for the
particular nutritional use of infants and young children.

(1) OJ C 135 of 07.06.2003.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Second Chamber)

of 15 September 2005

in Case C-199/03: Ireland v Commission of the European
Communities (1)

(Action for annulment — European Social Fund — Reduc-
tion of Community financial assistance — Manifest error of
assessment — Proportionality — Legal certainty — Legiti-
mate expectations)

(2005/C 271/05)

(Language of the case: English)

In Case C-199/03: Ireland (Agent: D. O'Hagan, P. Gallagher SC
and P. McGarry BL) v Commission of the European Commu-
nities (Agent: L. Flynn) — action for annulment under Article
230 EC, brought on 13 May 2003 — the Court (Second
Chamber), composed of C.W.A. Timmermans, President of the
Chamber, R. Silva de Lapuerta (Rapporteur), R. Schintgen, G.
Arestis and J. Klučka, Judges; A. Tizzano, Advocate General; L.

Hewlett, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judg-
ment on 15 September 2005, in which it:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Ireland to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 200 of 23.08.2003.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Second Chamber)

of 15 September 2005

in Joined Cases C-281/03 and C-282/03, Reference for a
preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het
bedrijfsleven: Cindu Chemicals BV and Others v College
voor de toelating van bestrijdingsmiddelen (1)

(Directive 76/769/EEC — Dangerous substances — Ability
of the Member States to lay down additional conditions for
the placing on the market and use of a biocidal product the
use of whose active substance is restricted by the directive —
Wood preservatives containing coal-tar distillates (carbo-
containing
lineum and creosote) — Wood preservatives

copper, chrome and arsenic)

(2005/C 271/06)

(Language of the case: Dutch)

In Joined Cases C-281/03 and C-282/03: references for a preli-
minary ruling under Article 234 EC from the College van
Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven (Netherlands), made by decision
of 26 June 2003, received at the Court on 30 June 2003, in
the proceedings between Cindu Chemicals BV (C-281/03),
Rütgers VFT AG, Touwen & Co. BV, Pearl Paint Holland
BV, Elf Atochem Nederland BV, Zijlstra & Co. Verf BV,
Chemische Producten Struyk & Co. BV, Van Swaay
Schijndel BV, Houtbereiding G. Rozendaal BV, Arch
Timber Protection BV (C-282/03) and College voor de
toelating van bestrijdingsmiddelen,
intervener: Stichting
Behoud Leefmilieu en Natuur Maas en Waal — the Court
(Second Chamber), composed of C.W.A. Timmermans, Presi-
dent of the Chamber, R. Silva de Lapuerta, J. Makarczyk, P.
Kūris and G. Arestis (Rapporteur), Judges; F.G. Jacobs, Advocate
General; M.-F. Contet, Principal Administrator, for the Regis-
trar, gave a judgment on 15 September 2005, the operative
part of which is as follows:

C 271/4

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Official Journal of the European Union

29.10.2005

Council Directive 76/769/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approxima-
tion of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the
Member States relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of
certain dangerous substances and preparations, as amended by Euro-
pean Parliament and Council Directive 94/60/EC of 20 December
1994, must be interpreted as not permitting a Member State to
impose on the placing on the market and use of a biocidal product
the active substance of which is included in Annex I thereto conditions
other than those which the directive lays down, without prejudice to
the application of other relevant Community provisions laying down
specific conditions for that product.

the entitlement of persons to drive on the highway (Verordnung
über die Zulassung von Personen zum Strassenverkehr) of
18 August 1998, the Federal Republic of Germany has failed to
its obligations under Articles 1(2), 3, 5(2)(b), the third
fulfil
indent of Article 6(1)(b) and Article 8(2) of Council Directive
91/439/EEC of 29 July 1991 on driving licences, as amended by
Council Directive 96/47/EC of 23 July 1996;

2. Dismisses the remainder of the action;

(1) OJ C 251, 18.10.2003.

3. Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 275 of 15.11.2003.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Second Chamber)

of 15 September 2005

in Case C-372/03: Commission of the European Commu-
nities v Federal Republic of Germany (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive
91/439/EEC — Driving licences — Minimum age require-
ment to drive certain vehicles — Possibility of driving vehi-
cles in a category other than the one for which a driving
licence has been issued — Compulsory registration and
exchange of driving licences)

(2005/C 271/07)

(Language of the case: German)

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Grand Chamber)

of 5 July 2005

in Case C-376/03: Reference for a preliminary ruling from
the Gerechtshof te 's-Hertogenbosch D. v Inspecteur van
de Belastingdienst/Particulieren/Ondernemingen buiten-
land te Heerlen (1)

(Tax legislation — Wealth tax — Entitlement to an allow-
ance — Separate treatment of residents and non-residents —
Double taxation convention)

(2005/C 271/08)

(Language of the case: Dutch)

In Case C-372/03: Commission of the European Communities
(Agents: G. Braun and W. Wils) v Federal Republic of Germany
(Agent: M. Lumma) — action under Article 226 EC for failure
to fulfil obligations, brought on 2 September 2003 — the
Court (Second Chamber), composed of C.W.A. Timmermans,
President of
the Chamber, C. Gulmann, R. Schintgen
(Rapporteur), G. Arestis and J. Klučka, Judges; P. Léger, Advo-
cate General; R. Grass, Registrar, gave a judgment on 15
September 2005, in which it:

1. Declares that, by adopting and maintaining in force Paragraph
6(3), point 6, and (4), the first sentence of Paragraph 10(2), and
Paragraphs 29(1) and (3) and 47(2) of the Regulation relating to

In Case C-376/03: reference for a preliminary ruling under
Article 234 EC from the Gerechtshof
te 's-Hertogenbosch
(Netherlands), made by decision of 24 July 2003, received at
the Court on 8 September 2003, in the proceedings between
D. and Inspecteur van de Belastingdienst/Particulieren/Onderne-
mingen buitenland te Heerlen — the Court (Grand Chamber)
composed of V. Skouris, President, P. Jann, C.W.A. Timmer-
mans, A. Rosas and A. Borg Barthet, Presidents of Chambers, J.-
P. Puissochet, R. Schintgen, N. Colneric, S. von Bahr
(Rapporteur), M. Ilešič, J. Malenovský, J. Klučka and U. Lõhmus,
Judges; D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, Advocate General; M.-F.
Contet, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judg-
ment on 5 July 2005, the operative part of which is as follows: