Case C-119/06: Action brought on  28 February 2006  — Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic
Date: 2006-06-03
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Italy, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, award of contract, public contract, restriction on competition, services contract, transport of patients

3.6.2006

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2. Does the Sixth Directive preclude a national

law which

2.

allows exemption only for full chartering?

(1) Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmo-
nisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes
– Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment
(OJ 1977 L 145, p. 1).

(a) Is the Directive to be interpreted to the effect that notifi-
cation may not be issued to the employment authority
under Article 3 of the Directive until after the consulta-
tion procedure has been concluded?

(b) If Question 2(a) should be answered in the affirmative
must both the negotiations on the avoidance of collec-
tive redundancies or the reduction of the number of
workers affected and the negotiations on the mitigation
of the consequences have been concluded before notifi-
cation is issued?

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Arbeitsgericht
Berlin, lodged on 28 February 2006 — Annette Radke v
Achterberg Service GmbH & Co. KG

(1) OJ 1998 L 225, p. 16.

(Case C-115/06)

(2006/C 131/52)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Arbeitsgericht Berlin

Parties to the main proceedings

Claimant: Annette Radke

Action brought on 28 February 2006 — Commission of
the European Communities v Italian Republic

(Case C-119/06)

(2006/C 131/53)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: X. Lewis, acting as Agent, and M. Mollica, Avvocato)

Defendant: Achterberg Service GmbH & Co. KG

Defendant: Italian Republic

Questions referred

Form of order sought

1.

(a) Is Council Directive 98/59/EC (1) of 20 July 1998 on the
approximation of the laws of the Member States relating
to collective redundancies to be interpreted to the effect
that the consultation procedure under Article 2 of the
Directive is concluded as soon as direct negotiations
between the employer and the workers' representatives
have failed or, where the employer and/or workers'
representatives refer the matter to an establishment-level
arbitration committee provided for by national law, do
the negotiations before that committee also have to
have been concluded?

(b) If the second alternative part of the question should be
answered in the affirmative does the Directive require,
before the notices of dismissal are announced,
the
conclusion of both the negotiations before the arbitra-
tion committee as to ways and means of avoiding
reducing the number of
collective redundancies or
workers affected and the negotiations on ways and
means of mitigating the consequences by recourse to
accompanying social measures?

for

Sanitarie

framework agreement

— A Declaration that, as the region of Tuscany and the
(public health authorities)
Tuscan Aziende
concluded the regional
the
supply of healthcare transport services on 11 October 1999
with the Confederazione delle Misericordie d'Italia, ANPAS
— the Tuscan regional committee and the Croce Rossa
Italiana — Tuscan division, and subsequently extended that
framework agreement by means of a memorandum of
in April
understanding on 28 March 2003 and, finally,
2004, on the basis of Regional Decision No 379 of 19
April 2004, concluded a new regional framework agree-
ment maintaining
above-
mentioned organisations and entrusting the administration
of the services in question to them for the period from
January 2004 to December 2008, the Italian Republic has
failed to fulfil
its obligations under Council Directive
92/50/EEC (1) of 18 June 1992 relating to the coordination
of procedures for the award of public service contracts and,
in particular, Articles 11, 15 and 17 thereof.

relationship with the

the

— An order that the Italian Republic should pay the costs.

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Pleas in law and main arguments

Action brought on 10 March 2006 — Commission of the
European Communities v Ireland

The Commission maintains that the above-mentioned agree-
ments delegating the supply of services in question constitute
public service contracts which were awarded directly, without
recourse to any form of tendering procedure, and thus in
breach of Community law on public contracts.

(1) OJ L 209 of 24/07/1992, p. 1.

(Case C-137/06)

(2006/C 131/55)

Language of the case: English

Action brought on 10 March 2006 — Commission of the
European Communities v Republic of Malta

(Case C-136/06)

(2006/C 131/54)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: A. Alcover San Pedro and D. Lawunmi, Agents)

Defendant: Ireland

The applicant claims that the Court should:

— declare that by failing to adopt the laws, regulations or
administrative provisions necessary to comply with Direc-
tive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 25 June 2002 relating to the assessment and
management of environmental noise (1) or, in any event, by
failing to notify such provisions to the Commission, Ireland
has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 14 of that
Directive.

Parties

— order Ireland to pay the costs.

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: M. Konstantinidis and D. Lawunmi, Agents)

Pleas in law and main arguments

Defendant: Republic of Malta

The period within which the directive had to be transposed
expired on 18 July 2004.

The applicant claims that the Court should:

(1) OJ L 189, p. 12

— declare that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with the
following Directives of the European Parliament and of the
Council, namely, 2002/96/EC on Waste Electrical and Elec-
tronic Equipment (1) and 2003/108/EC of 8 December
2003 amending Directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical
and electronic equipment (2), or in any event by failing to
communicate them to the Commission, Malta has failed to
fulfil its obligations under the Directive;

— order the Republic of Malta to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The period within which the directives had to be transposed
expired on 13 August 2004.

(1) OJ L 37, 13.02.2003, p. 24
(2) OJ L 345, 31.12.2003, p. 106

Action brought on 10 March 2006 — Commission of the
European Communities v United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland

(Case C-138/06)

(2006/C 131/56)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: A. Alcover San Pedro and D. Lawunmi, Agents)

Defendant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland