Case C-186/07: Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 16 April 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Canarias (Spain)) — Club Náutico de Gran Canaria v Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Sixth VAT Directive — Exemptions — Services connected with the practice of sport or physical education — Application to the Canary Islands — Purely internal situation — Referral — Manifest inadmissibility of the reference for a preliminary ruling)
Date: 2008-04-16
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Canary Islands, VAT, interpretation of the law, provision of services, sport, tax exemption, tax system

C 209/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.8.2008

Parties to the main proceedings

Defendant: Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias

Applicant: Jonathan Pilato

Defendant: Jean-Claude Bourgault

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Prud'homie de pêche de
Martigues — Interpretation of Article 11a of Council Regulation
(EC) No 894/97 of 29 April 1997 laying down certain technical
measures for the conservation of fishery resources (OJ 1997
L 132, p. 1), as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No
1239/98 of 8 June 1998 (OJ 1998 L 171, p. 1) — Definition of
‘drift-net’ — Whether that definition includes the ‘thonaille’ —
Environmental objective of the prohibitive measure laid down
in Article 11a — Validity of this provision in the light, in par-
ticular, of the legal basis used for its adoption

Operative part of the order

The Court of Justice of the European Communities clearly does not
have jurisdiction to reply to the questions referred by the Prud'homie de
pêche de Martigues by decision of 17 December 2006.

Re:

the Court

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Tribunal Superior de
Justicia de Canarias (High Court of Justice of the Canary Islands)
— Interpretation of
in Case
the judgment of
C-124/96 which found that national legislation placing restric-
tions on exemption from VAT of certain services closely
connected with the practice of sport or physical education is
incompatible with Article 13A(1)(m) of Sixth Council Directive
77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonisation of the laws
of the Member States relating to turnover taxes — Common
system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment (OJ 1977
L 145, p. 1) — Application to the Canary Islands

Operative part of the order

The reference for a preliminary ruling made by the Tribunal Superior
de Justicia de Canarias, by decision of 26 November 2006, is inad-
missible.

(1) OJ C 95, 28.4.2007.

(1) OJ C 129, 9.6.2007.

Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 16 April 2008
(reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal
Superior de Justicia de Canarias (Spain)) — Club Náutico
de Gran Canaria v Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias

(Case C-186/07) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling — Sixth VAT Directive —
Exemptions — Services connected with the practice of sport or
physical education — Application to the Canary Islands —
Purely internal situation — Referral — Manifest inadmissi-
bility of the reference for a preliminary ruling)

(2008/C 209/21)

Language of the case: Spanish

Order of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 April 2008 —
Focus Magazine Verlag GmbH v Office for Harmonisation
in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), Merant
GmbH

(Case C-344/07 P) (1)

(Appeal — Community trade mark — Regulation (EC)
No 40/94 — Article 8(1)(b) — Likelihood of confusion —
Word mark ‘FOCUS’)

(2008/C 209/22)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Parties

Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Canarias (Spain)

Applicant: Focus Magazine Verlag GmbH (represented by: M.
Herrmann and B. Müller, Rechtsanwälte)

Parties

Applicant: Club Náutico de Gran Canaria

Other parties to the proceedings: Office for Harmonisation in the
Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G.
Schneider, agent), Merant GmbH (represented by: A. Schultz,
Rechtsanwält)