Case C-95/08: Action brought on 29 February 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
Date: 2008-02-29
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Luxembourg, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, health control, national implementing measure, research body, testing

C 116/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

9.5.2008

Pleas in law and main arguments

The time-limit
expired on 18 August 2006.

for

transposition of Directive 2003/72/EC

(1) OJ 2003 L 207, p. 25.

Action brought on 29 February 2008 — Commission of
the European Communities v Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg

(Case C-95/08)

(2008/C 116/24)

Language of the case: French

Stein-Lambert,

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de
Cassation, Luxembourg lodged on 5 March 2008 —
Audiolux S.A., BIP Investment Partners SA,
Jean-Paul
Joseph Weyland, Luxiprivilège SA, Foyer SA,
Felten,
Christiane
Investas ASBL,
Claudie
Worre-Lambert, Baron Antoine de Schorlemer,
Jacques
Funck, Marc Meyer et Jean Petitdidier v Groupe Bruxelles
Lambert SA (GBL), RTL Group SA, Juan Abello Gallo,
Jocelyn
Didier Bellens, André Desmarais, Gérald Frère,
Lefebvre, Onno Ruding, Gilles Samyn, Martin Taylor,
Bertelsmann AG, Siegfried Luther, Thomas Middelhoff,
Ewald Wagenbach, Rolf Schmidt-Holz, Erich Schumann,
WAZ Finanzierungs-GmbH, Westdeutsche Allgemeine
Zeitungsverlagsgesellschaft E. Brost & J. Funke GmbH &
Co (WAZ) — Interveners: Dexia Luxpart SA e.a.

(Case C-101/08)

(2008/C 116/25)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Referring court

Cour de Cassation

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: G. Rozet and P. Oliver, acting as Agents)

Parties to the main proceedings

Defendant: Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg

Form of order sought

— Declare that, by not putting in place the authorities able to
verify the implementation of the principles of good labora-
tory practice (GLP), the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg has
failed to fulfil
its obligations under Article 3 of Directive
2004/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 11 February 2004 on the inspection and verification of
good laboratory practice (GLP) (1);

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

Pleas in law and main arguments

The time-limit for the implementation of Directive 2004/9/EC
expired on 12 March 2004. The defendant is still not equipped
with authorities having the competences necessary to inspect
the laboratories and to audit the studies carried out by those
laboratories to assess compliance with good laboratory practice.

(1) Directive 2004/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 11 February 2004 on the inspection and verification of good
laboratory practice (GLP) (OJ 2004 L 50, p. 28).

Applicants: Audiolux S.A., BIP Investment Partners SA, Jean-Paul
Felten,
Investas
Joseph Weyland, Luxiprivilège SA, Foyer SA,
ASBL, Claudie Stein-Lambert, Christiane Worre-Lambert, Baron
Antoine de Schorlemer, Jacques Funck, Marc Meyer et Jean Petit-
didier

Defendants: Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (GBL), RTL Group SA,
Juan Abello Gallo, Didier Bellens, André Desmarais, Gérald
Frère,
Jocelyn Lefebvre, Onno Ruding, Gilles Samyn, Martin
Taylor, Bertelsmann AG, Siegfried Luther, Thomas Middelhoff,
Ewald Wagenbach, Rolf Schmidt-Holz, Erich Schumann, WAZ
Finanzierungs-GmbH, Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitungsver-
lagsgesellschaft E. Brost & J. Funke GmbH & Co (WAZ)

Questions referred

1. Are the references to the equality of shareholders, and more

specifically, to the protection of minorities

(a) in Articles 20 and 42 of the Second Company Directive

77/91/EC of 13 December 1976 (1);

(b) in the Third General Principle and Supplementary Prin-
ciple 17 of the Commission Recommendation of 25 July
1977 concerning a European code of conduct relating to
transactions in transferable securities (2);

(c) in Schedule C, point 2(A) annexed to Council Directive
79/279/EEC of 5 March 1979 coordinating the condi-
tions for the admission of securities to official stock
exchange listing and carried over in the consolidating
directive of 28 May 2001 (3);