Case C-355/06: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Gerechtshof te Amsterdam (Netherlands) lodged on 30 August 2006 — J.A. van der Steen v Inspector van de belastingdienst Utrecht-Gooi/kantoor Utrecht
Date: 2006-12-02
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: economic activity, interpretation of the law, liquidation, management, tax system

C 294/22

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Official Journal of the European Union

2.12.2006

Order of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 13 July 2006
(reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale
civile di Bolzano — Italy) — Eurodomus srl v Comune di
Bolzano

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandes-
gericht Celle (Germany) lodged on 11 August 2006 —
Rechtsanwalt Dr Dirk Rüffert, as the liquidator of the
assets of Objekt und Bauregie GmbH & Co KG v Land
Niedersachsen

(Case C-166/06) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling — Manifest inadmissi-
bility)

(Case C-346/06)

(2006/C 294/38)

Language of the case: German

(2006/C 294/37)

Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Oberlandesgericht Celle

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Rechtsanwalt Dr Dirk Rüffert, as the liquidator of the
assets of Objekt und Bauregie GmbH & Co KG

Defendant: Land Niedersachsen

Question referred

Does it amount to an unjustified restriction on the freedom to
provide services under the EC Treaty if a public contracting
authority is required by statute to award contracts for building
services only to undertakings which, when lodging a tender,
undertake in writing to pay their employees, when performing
those services, at
the remuneration prescribed by the
collective agreement in force at the place where those services
are performed?

least

Referring court

Tribunale civile di Bolzano

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Eurodomus srl

Defendant: Comune di Bolzano

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Tribunale civile di
Bolzano — Interpretation of Article 6(2) of the Treaty on Euro-
pean Union — Provincial administration adopting regulations
capable of impeding the application of a decision of an admin-
istrative court that is res judicata — Compatibility with Com-
munity law

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Gerechtshof
te Amsterdam (Netherlands) lodged on 30 August 2006 —
J.A. van der Steen v Inspector van de belastingdienst
Utrecht-Gooi/kantoor Utrecht

(Case C-355/06)

(2006/C 294/39)

Language of the case: Dutch

Operative part of the order

Referring court

The reference for a preliminary ruling made by the Tribunale civile di
Bolzano, by decision of 4 January 2006, is inadmissible.

Gerechtshof te Amsterdam

(1) OJ C 154, 01.07.2006

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: J.A. van der Steen

Defendant:
kantoor Utrecht

Inspector van de belastingdienst Utrecht-Gooi/

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C 294/23

Question referred

access to, a dossier satisfying the conditions set out in Annex II
to Directive 91/414/EEC? (2)

Is Article 4(1) of the Sixth Directive (1) to be interpreted as
meaning that if a natural person has the sole activity of actually
carrying out all work ensuing from the activities of a private
limited company of which he is the sole manager, sole share-
holder and sole ‘member of staff’, that work is not an economic
activity because it is carried out in the course of the manage-
ment and representation of the private limited company and
thus not in economic dealings?

(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 L 145, p. 1)

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the College van
Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven (Netherlands) lodged on 4
September 2006 — Feinchemie Schwebda GmbH and
Bayer CropScience AG v College voor de Toelating van
Bestrijdingsmiddelen; other party to the proceedings: Agri-
chem B.V.

(Case C-361/06)

(2006/C 294/40)

Language of the case: Dutch

(1) Commission Directive 2002/37/EC of 3 May 2002 amending
Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include ethofumesate as an active
substance (OJ 2002 L 117, p. 10).

(2) Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the
placing of plant protection products on the market (OJ 1991 L 230,
p. 1).

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad
der Nederlanden, lodged on 12 September 2006 — Bene-
tton Group SpA v G-Star International B.V.

(Case C-371/06)

(2006/C 294/41)

Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Hoge Raad der Nederlanden

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Benetton Group SpA

Defendant: G-Star International B.V.

Referring court

College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven

Questions referred

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicants: Feinchemie Schwebda GmbH and Bayer CropScience
AG

Defendant: College voor de Toelating van Bestrijdingsmiddelen

Other party to the proceedings: Agrichem B.V.

Question referred

Must Article 4(1) of Directive 2002/37/EC (1)be interpreted as
meaning that that provision does not require Member States to
terminate the authorisation of a plant protection product
containing ethofumesate before 1 September 2003 on the
ground that the authorisation holder does not have, or have

(1) Must Article 3(1)(e),

first

indent (1), be interpreted as
meaning that
the prohibition contained therein perma-
nently precludes the registration of a shape as a trade mark
where the nature of the product is such that its appearance
and shaping determine its market value entirely or substan-
tially as a result of their beauty or original character, or
does the prohibition not apply where, prior to the applica-
tion for registration, the attractiveness of the relevant shape
to the public has been determined predominantly by the
recognition of it as a distinctive sign?

(2) If the answer to Question 1 is to the latter effect, to what
extent must this attractiveness have prevailed for the prohi-
bition no longer to apply?

(1) First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988 to
approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks
(OJ L 40, 11.2.1989, p. 1).