Case C-241/05: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 3 October 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État, France ) — Nicolae Bot v Préfet du Val-de-Marne (Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement — Article 20(1) — Conditions of movement of nationals of a third country not subject to a visa requirement — Maximum stay for a period of three months during the six months following the date of first entry into the Schengen Area — Successive stays — Definition of first entry )
Date: 2006-12-02
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Schengen Agreement, admission of aliens, interpretation of the law

C 294/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

2.12.2006

Operative part of the judgment

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Declares that, by failing to take within the prescribed period all
the measures necessary to recover from the beneficiary the aid
referred to in Commission Decision 2002/14/EC of 12 July
2000 on the State aid granted by France to Scott Paper SA/
Kimberly-Clark, the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obliga-
tions under the fourth paragraph of Article 249 EC and Articles
2 and 3 of that decision;

2. Orders the French Republic to pay the costs.

Article 20(1) of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agree-
ment of 14 June 1985 between the Governments of the States of the
Benelux Economic Union, the Federal Republic of Germany and the
French Republic on the gradual abolition of checks at their common
borders, signed on 19 June 1990 at Schengen, is to be interpreted as
meaning that the term ‘first entry’ in that provision refers, besides the
very first entry into the territories of the Contracting States to that
agreement, to the first entry into those territories taking place after the
expiry of a period of six months from that very first entry and also to
any other first entry taking place after the expiry of any new period of
six months following an earlier date of first entry.

(1) OJ C 171, 9.07.2005.

(1) OJ C 193, 06.08.2005.

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 3 October
2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil
d'État, France ) — Nicolae Bot v Préfet du Val-de-Marne

(Case C-241/05) (1)

(Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement —
Article 20(1) — Conditions of movement of nationals of a
third country not subject to a visa requirement — Maximum
stay for a period of three months during the six months
following the date of first entry into the Schengen Area —
Successive stays — Definition of ‘first entry’)

(2006/C 294/26)

Language of the case: French

Referring court

Conseil d'État

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Nicolae Bot

Defendant: Préfet du Val-de-Marne

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 5 October 2006
(references for a preliminary ruling from the Bács-Kiskun
Megyei Bíróság and the Hajdú-Bihar Megyei Bíróság —
Republic of Hungary) — Ákos Nádasdi v Vám- és Pénzü-
győrség Észak-Alföldi Regionális Parancsnoksága
(C-
290/05), Ilona Németh v Vám- és Pénzügyőrség Dél-Alföldi
Regionális Parancsnoksága (C-333/05)

(Joined Cases C-290/05 and C-333/05) (1)

(Internal taxation — Registration duty on motor vehicles —
Used motor vehicles — Importation)

(2006/C 294/27)

Language of the case: Hungarian

Referring courts

Bács-Kiskun Megyei Bíróság and Hajdú-Bihar Megyei Bíróság

Re:

Parties to the main proceedings

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Conseil d'Etat (France) —
Interpretation of Article 20(1) of the Convention implementing
the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 between the Govern-
ments of
the
Federal Republic of Germany and the French Republic on the
gradual abolition of checks at their common borders (OJ 2000
L 239, p. 19) — Meaning of first entry into the territories of
the Contracting Parties

the Benelux Economic Union,

the States of

Applicants: Ákos Nádasdi
333/05)

(C-290/05) and Ilona Németh (C-

Defendants: Vám- és Pénzügyőrség Észak-Alföldi Regionális
Parancsnoksága (C-290/05) and Vám- és Pénzügyőrség Dél-
Alföldi Regionális Parancsnoksága (C-333/05)