Case C-144/16: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 1 February 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Judicial da Comarca de Setúbal — Portugal) — Município de Palmela v Autoridade de Segurança Alimentar e Económica (ASAE) — Divisão de Gestão de Contraordenações (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Procedures for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on Information Society services — Directives 83/189/EEC and 98/34/EC — Draft technical regulation — Notifying the European Commission — Obligations of Member States — Infringement — Consequences)
Date: 2017-02-01
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU law - national law, access to information, building regulations, exchange of information, safety standard, technical standard








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3.4.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 104/21





Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 1 February 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Judicial da Comarca de Setúbal — Portugal) — Município de Palmela v Autoridade de Segurança Alimentar e Económica (ASAE) — Divisão de Gestão de Contraordenações
(Case C-144/16) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Procedures for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on Information Society services - Directives 83/189/EEC and 98/34/EC - Draft technical regulation - Notifying the European Commission - Obligations of Member States - Infringement - Consequences))
(2017/C 104/31)
Language of the case: Portuguese

Referring court

Tribunal Judicial da Comarca de Setúbal

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Município de Palmela

Defendant: Autoridade de Segurança Alimentar e Económica (ASAE) — Divisão de Gestão de Contraordenações

Operative part of the judgment

Article 8(1) of Directive 83/189/EEC of the Council of 28 March 1983 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations, as amended by the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded, and Article 8(1) of Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on Information Society services, as amended by Directive 98/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 July 1998, must be interpreted as meaning that the penalty of unenforceability of a technical regulation which has not been notified, such as Article 16(1) and (2) of the Regulamento que estabelece as condições de segurança a observar na localização, implantação, conceção e organização funcional dos espaços de jogo e recreio, respetivamente, equipamento e superfícies de impacto (Regulation on the mandatory safety requirements regarding the localisation, implementation, design and functional organisation of play and recreation areas and their equipment and impact surfaces), annexed to Decreto-Lei No 379/97 (Decree-Law No 379/97), of 27 December 1997, as amended by Decreto-Lei No 119/2009 (Decree-Law No 119/2009), of 19 May 2009, applies only to that technical regulation and not to the entire legislative text in which it is contained.


(1)  OJ C 211, 13.6.2016.