Case C-185/13: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio (Italy) lodged on 12 April 2013 — ANCC-Coop Associazione Nazionale Cooperative di Consumatori and Others v Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti and Others
Date: 2013-04-12
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Italy, free competition, freedom to provide services, interpretation of the law, right of establishment, road safety, road transport








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20.7.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 207/6





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio (Italy) lodged on 12 April 2013 — ANCC-Coop Associazione Nazionale Cooperative di Consumatori and Others v Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti and Others
(Case C-185/13)
2013/C 207/10
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: ANCC-Coop Associazione Nazionale Cooperative di Consumatori, ANCD Associazione Nazionale Cooperative Dettaglianti, Sviluppo Discount SpA, Centrale Adriatica Soc coop, Coop Consorzio Nord Ovest Società Consortile arl, Coop Italia Consorzio Nazionale non Alimentari Società Cooperativa, Coop Centro Italia Società Cooperativa, Tirreno Logistica srl, Unicoop Firenze Società Cooperativa, CONAD — Consorzio Nazionale Dettaglianti — Soc. Coop., Conad Centro Nord Soc. Coop, Commercianti Indipendenti Associati Soc. Coop, Conad del Tirreno Soc. Coop, Pac2000A Soc. Coop, Conad Adriatico Soc. Coop, Conad Sicilia Soc. Coop, Sicilconad Mercurio Soc. Coop

Defendants: Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti, Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico, Consulta Generale per l'Autotrasporto e la Logistica, Osservatorio sulle Attività di Autotrasporto, Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato — Antitrust

Questions referred







1.


Is the protection of freedom of competition, free movement of undertakings, freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services (under Article 4(3) TEU, Article 101 TFEU, and Articles 49, 56 and 96 TFEU) compatible — and, if so, to what extent — with statutory provisions adopted by EU Member States which lay down minimum operating costs for the road haulage sector which involve the fixing by bodies external [to the contracting parties] of a component of the charge for the service concerned and, accordingly, of the contract price?










2.


Are such limitations of those principles justifiable — and, if so, under what conditions — in the light of the need to safeguard the public interest in road traffic safety and, in terms of that functional consideration, is there a proper place for the fixing of minimum operating costs as provided for under Article 83a of Legislative Decree No 112/2008 (as subsequently amended and supplemented)?










3.


Can the determination of minimum operating costs, to the above end, be left — in the absence of criteria predetermined by the legislation — to voluntary agreements between the types of trader concerned, failing which to bodies whose composition is characterised by the strong presence of persons representing private traders in that sector?