Case C-200/06: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de Première Instance de Bruxelles lodged on  4 May 2006  — Raffinerie Tirlemontoise SA v Bureau d'Intervention et de Restitution Belge (BIRB)
Date: 2006-07-15
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: common organisation of markets, export, financial loss, interpretation of the law, production, sugar, sugar levy

C 165/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.7.2006

Form of order sought

sector (2) and in the light of the principles of proportionality
and non-discrimination?

— Declare that, by failing to draw up or,

in any event, to
transmit the report required under Article 9 of Directive
1999/94/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 13 December 1999 relating to the availability of
consumer information on fuel economy and CO2 emissions
in respect of the marketing of new passenger cars (1), the
Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg has failed to fulfil its obliga-
tions under Article 9 of that directive;

— order the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg was required to transmit to
the Commission, no later than 31 December 2003, a report on
the effectiveness of the provisions of the directive, covering the
period from 18 January 2001 to 31 December 2002.

(1) OJ 2000 L 12, p. 16.

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de
Première Instance de Bruxelles lodged on 4 May 2006 —
Raffinerie Tirlemontoise SA v Bureau d'Intervention et de
Restitution Belge (BIRB)

(Case C-200/06)

(2006/C 165/28)

Language of the case: French

Referring court

Tribunal de Première Instance de Bruxelles

Parties to the main proceedings

2) Do

Commission

Nos
1993/2001 (6)

Regulations
1837/2002 (5),

1775/2004 (3),
1762/2003 (4),
and
2267/2000 (7) lay down a production levy for sugar calcu-
lated on the basis of the ‘average loss’ per tonne exported,
which does not take into account the quantities exported
without a refund, although these quantities are included in
the total used to evaluate the overall loss to be financed?
Are these Regulations invalid in the light of Commission
Regulation No 314/2002, Article 15 of Council Regulation
No 1260/2001 and the principle of proportionality?

(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 314/2002 of 20 February 2002
laying down detailed rules for the application of the quota system
in the sugar sector (OJ 2002 L 50, p. 40)

(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the
common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (OJ 2001 L
178, p. 1)

(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1775/2004 of 14 October 2004
setting the production levies in the sugar sector for the 2003/04
marketing year (OJ 2004 L 316, p. 64)

(4) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1762/2003 of 7 October 2003
fixing the production levies in the sugar sector for the 2002/03
marketing year (OJ 2003 L 254, p. 4)

(5) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1837/2002 of 15 October 2002
fixing the production levies and the coefficient for the additional
levy in the sugar sector for the marketing year 2001/02 (OJ 2002 L
278, p. 13)

(6) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1993/2001 of 11 October 2001
fixing the production levies in the sugar sector for the 2000/01
marketing year (OJ 2001 L 271, p. 15)

(7) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2267/2000 of 12 October 2000
fixing the production levies and the coefficient for calculating the
additional levy in the sugar sector for the 1999/2000 marketing
year (OJ 2000 L 259, p. 29)

Action brought on 4 May 2006 — Commission of the
European Communities v French Republic

(Case C-201/06)

(2006/C 165/29)

Applicant: Raffinerie Tirlemontoise SA

Language of the case: French

Defendant: Bureau d'Intervention et de Restitution Belge (BIRB)

Questions referred

Parties

1) Does Commission Regulation 314/2002 (1) provide, with
regard to calculation of the production levy, for exclusion
sugar
from the financing needs of
exported
contained in processed products which are
without export refunds? Is this legislation invalid in the light
of Article 15 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 on
the markets in the sugar
the common organisation of

the quantities of

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: B. Stromsky, Agent)

Defendant: French Republic