CELEX: C1999/188/02
Language: en
Date: 1999-07-03 00:00:00
Title: Decisions adopted by the Court at its meeting on 8 June 1999

3.7.1999              EN                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                         C 188/1
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                                                COURT OF JUSTICE
                                                         COURT OF JUSTICE
Taking of the oath by a new member of the Court of                     — Fourth Chamber
                             justice
                                                                           Mr Kapteyn, President of the Chamber
                        (1999/C 188/01)
Following his appointment as Judge at the Court of Justice of              Mr Murray and Mr Ragnemalm, Judges
the European Communities by Decision of the Representatives
of the Governments of the Member States of 26 May 1999 (1)
for the period from 25 May 1999 to 6 October 2003,                     — Sixth Chamber
Mr Vassilios Skouris took the oath before the Court on 7 June
1999.                                                                      Mr Kapteyn, President of the Chamber
(1) OJ 1999 L 140, p. 25.                                                  Mr Hirsch, Mr Mancini, Mr Murray, Mr Ragnemalm,
                                                                           Mr Schintgen and Mr Skouris, Judges
                                                                       2.    The Court has consequently decided, first, to amend
                                                                       point 2 of the decision adopted at its meeting on 14 July
Decisions adopted by the Court at its meeting on 8 June                1998 (1), as follows:
                              1999
                        (1999/C 188/02)                                    ‘2. For each case assigned to them, the First and Second
                                                                           Chambers (to each of which four judges are attached) shall
The Court of Justice of the European Communities adopted                   be composed of the President of the Chamber, the
the following decisions at its meeting on 8 June 1999:                     Judge-Rapporteur and a third judge designated in accord-
                                                                           ance with a list of the judges in order of seniority. At each
                                                                           general meeting the starting-point on that list is to be
Attachment of Judge V. Skouris                                             moved down one name.’
The Court has decided that Judge V. Skouris is to be attached
to the Second and Sixth Chambers.
                                                                       3.    Second, as regards the period from 8 June 1999 to
                                                                       6 October 1999, the lists on the basis of which the composition
Composition of the Second, Fourth and
                                                                       of the Second and Sixth Chambers is determined, as set out in
Sixth Chambers
                                                                       point 4 of the decision adopted by the Court at its meeting on
                                                                       14 July 1998, are amended as follows:
1.    The composition of the Second, Fourth and Sixth
Chambers for the period from 8 June to 6 October 1999 has
been determined as follows:                                            — Second Chamber
— Second Chamber
                                                                           President: Mr Hirsch
    Mr Hirsch, President of the Chamber
    Mr Mancini, Mr Schintgen and Mr Skouris, Judges                        Judge Mancini, Judge Schintgen and Judge Skouris
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— Sixth Chamber                                                               — shares a common origin with that product in that it has been
                                                                                  manufactured by the same company or by an associated
    President: Mr Kapteyn                                                         undertaking or under licence according to the same formu-
                                                                                  lation,
    Judge Mancini, Judge Hirsch, Judge Schintgen, Judge Skour-
    is, Judge Murray and Judge Ragnemalm.                                     — was manufactured using the same active ingredient, and
                                                                              — also has the same effect with due regard to differences which
                                                                                  may exist in conditions relating to agriculture, plant health
(1) OJ C 299 of 26 September 1998, p. 1.                                          and environment, and in particular climatic conditions,
                                                                                  relevant to the use of the product,
                                                                              that product must be able to benefit from the marketing
                                                                              authorisation already granted in the Member State of import-
                                                                              ation, unless that is precluded by considerations concerning the
                                                                              protection of human and animal health and of the environment.
                                                                         2. The competent authority of one Member State may grant
                                                                              marketing authorisation for a plant protection product importet
                JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                         from a third country which is not already covered by marketing
                                                                              authorisation granted in accordance with the provisions of
                                                                              Directive 91/414 in another Member State, only under the
                         (Sixth Chamber)                                      conditions laid down by that directive.
                        of 11 March 1999                                 (1) JO No C 145 of 18.5.1996.
in Case C-100/96 [reference for a preliminary ruling from
the High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Queen’s
Bench Division]: The Queen v Ministry of Agriculture,
                      Fisheries and Food (1)
                                                                                           JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(Marketing authorisation — Plant protection product
imported from an EEA State or a third country — Identical
to a plant protection product already authorised by the                                           of 16 March 1999
Member State of importation — Assessment of identical
        nature — Member States’ power of assessment)                     in Joined Cases C-289/96, C-293/96 and C-299/96:
                                                                         Kingdom of Denmark (C-289/96), Federal Republic of
                                                                         Germany (Case C- 293/96) and French Republic (C-
                         (1999/C 188/03)                                  299/96) v Commission of the European Communities (1)
                                                                         (Council Regulation (EEC) 2081/92 — Commission Regu-
                   (Language of the case: English)                       lation (EC) No 1107/96 — Registration of geographical
                                                                                 indications and designations of origin — ‘Feta’)
In Case C-100/96: reference to the Court under Article 177 of                                       (1999/C 188/04)
the EC Treaty from the High Court of Justice (England &
Wales) Queen’s Bench Division (United Kingdom) for a
preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that                         (Language of the case: Danish, German and French)
court between The Queen and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries
and Food, ex parte: British Agrochemicals Association Ltd, on
the interpretation of Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July            (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on                                  in the European Court Reports)
the market (OJ 1991 L 230, p. 1) — the Court (Sixth Chamber),
composed of: P.J.G. Kapteyn, President of the Chamber;                   In Joined Cases C-289/96, C-293/96 and C-299/96: Kingdom
G. Hirsch, J.L. Murray (Rapporteur), H. Ragnemalm and                    of Denmark (C-289/96) (Agent: P. Biering), Federal Republic
R. Schintgen, Judges; P. Léger, Advocate General; D. Louter-             of Germany (C-293/96) (Agents: E. Röder and A. Dittrich) and
man-Hubeau, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has              French Republic (C-299/96) (Agents: K. Rispal-Bellanger and
given a judgment on 11 March 1999, in which it has ruled:                G. Mignot) v Commission of the European Communities
                                                                         [Agents: (C-289/96) J.L. Iglesias Buhigues and H. Støvlbæk,
1. Where the competent authority of a Member State finds that a          (C-293/96) J.L. Iglesias Buhigues and U. Wölker, (C-299/96)
    plant protection product imported from an EEA State in which         J.L. Iglesias Buhigues and G. Berscheid], supported by Hellenic
    it is already covered by marketing authorisation granted in          Republic [Agents: D. Papageorgopoulos (C-293/96), I. Chalkias
    accordance with Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991         (C-289/96 and C-299/96) and I. Galani-Maragkoudaki
    concerning the placing of plant protection products on the           (C-289/96), C- 293/96 and C-299/96] — application for
    market, if not identical in all respects to a product already        annulment of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 of
    authorised within the Member State of importation, at least          12 June 1996 on the registration of geographical indications