Case C-208/06: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 8 May 2006 — Medion AG v Hauptzollamt Duisburg
Date: 2006-09-16
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: interpretation of the law, recording equipment, tariff nomenclature

C 224/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

16.9.2006

Operative part of the order

The first subparagraph of Article 65(1) of the Euro-Mediterranean
establishing an association between the European Communities and
their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco,
of the other part, signed in Brussels on 26 February 1996 and
approved on behalf of the Communities by Decision 2000/204/EC,
ECSC of the Council and Commission of 24 January 2000 is to be
interpreted as meaning that it precludes the host Member State from
refusing to grant an armed services invalidity pension to a Moroccan
national who has served in that State's army and resides in its terri-
tory on the sole ground that the person concerned is of Moroccan
nationality.

the Council of 4 November 2003 on the regulations governing
political parties at European level and the rules regarding their
funding (OJ 2003 L 297, p. 1).

Operative part of the order

The Court hereby:

1. Dismisses the appeal;

2. Orders the appellants to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 296, 26.11.2005.

(1) OJ C 315 of 10.12.2005

Order of the Court of 13 July 2006 — Front National and
Others v European Parliament and Council of the Euro-
pean Union

(Case C-338/05 P) (1)

(Appeal — Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 — Regulation
and funding of political parties at European level — Action
for annulment — Objection of inadmissibility — Act open to
challenge — Standing to bring proceedings — Inadmissibility
— Appeal manifestly inadmissible)

(2006/C 224/32)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht
Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 8 May 2006 — Medion
AG v Hauptzollamt Duisburg

(Case C-208/06)

(2006/C 224/33)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Finanzgericht Düsseldorf (Germany)

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Medion AG

Defendant: Hauptzollamt Duisburg

Appellants: Front National, Marie-France Stirbois, Bruno Goll-
nisch, Carl Lang,
Jean-Claude Martinez, Philip Claeys, Koen
Dillen and Mario Borghezio (represented by: W. de Saint Just,
avocat)

Question referred

Respondents: European Parliament (represented by: H. Krück, N.
Lorenz and D. Moore, acting as Agents) and Council of the
European Union (represented by: I. Díez Parra and M. Sims-
Robertson, Agents)

Re:

Appeal against the judgment delivered on 11 July 2005 by the
Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) in Case T-17/04 Front
National and Others v European Parliament and Council, by which
it dismissed as inadmissible an action for annulment of Regu-
lation (EC) No 2004/2003 of the European Parliament and of

Should a camcorder, which at the time of importation (1) is
unable to record video signals from an external source, be clas-
sified under subheading 8525 4099 of the Combined Nomen-
clature, if its video interface can subsequently be reconfigured
as a video input by means of activating certain switches, even
though the manufacturer and the seller neither have mentioned
nor support this possibility?

(1) Interpretation of Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87
of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on
the Common Customs Tariff (OJ 1987 L 256, p. 1).