CELEX: C2001/212/01
Language: en
Date: 2001-07-28 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 14 June 2001 in Case C-178/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bezirksgericht Bregenz), concerning the application for land registration made by Doris Salzmann (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Registration of real property transactions in the land register — Administrative not judicial proceeding — Lack of jurisdiction of the Court)

28.7.2001               EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                              C 212/1
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                                                     COURT OF JUSTICE
                                                               COURT OF JUSTICE
                 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                                        JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                          (Sixth Chamber)
                                                                                                       of 14 June 2001
                          of 14 June 2001
in Case C-178/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from                    in Case C-191/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling
the Bezirksgericht Bregenz), concerning the application                      from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden): Kvaerner plc v
      for land registration made by Doris Salzmann (1)                                      Staatssecretaris van Financïen (1)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling — Registration of real
property transactions in the land register — Administrative                  (Non-life insurance — Directive 88/357/EEC — Definition
 not judicial proceeding — Lack of jurisdiction of the Court)                  of establishment and the State where the risk is situated)
                          (2001/C 212/01)
                                                                                                       (2001/C 212/02)
                   (Language of the case: German)
                                                                                                 (Language of the case: Dutch)
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
                   in the European Court Reports)
In Case C-178/99: reference to the Court under Article 177 of                (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
the EC Treaty (now Article 234 EC) from the Bezirksgericht                                      in the European Court Reports)
(District Court) Bregenz (Austria) for a preliminary ruling in
the context of examination of an application for land regis-
tration made by Doris Slazmann — on the interpretation of                    In Case C-191/99: reference to the Court under Article 234
Article 73b of the EC Treaty (now Article 56 EC) and of                      EC) from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) for a
point 1(e) of Annex XII to the Agreement on the European                     preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that
Economic Area — the Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of:                      court between Kvaerner plc and Staatssecretaris van Financïen
C. Gulmann, President of the Chamber, V. Skouris,                            — on the interpretation of Articles 2(c) and (d) and 3 of the
J.-P. Puissochet (Rapporteur), R. Schintgen and J.N. Cunha                   Second Council Directive (88/357/EEC) of 22 June 1988
Rodrigues, Judges; L.A. Geelhoed, Advocate General;                          on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative
H.A. Rühl, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given             provisions relating to direct insurance other than life assurance
a judgment on 14 June 2001, in which it has ruled:                           and laying down provisions to facilitate the effective exercise
                                                                             of freedom to provide services and amending Directive
The Court of Justice of the European Communities has no jurisdiction         73/239/EEC (OJ 1988 L 172, p. 1) — the Court, composed of:
to answer the questions raised by the Bezirksgericht Bregenz in its          C. Gulmann, President of the Third and Sixth Chambers, acting
order of 29 December 1998.                                                   for the President, A. La Pergola, M. Wathelet (Rapporteur)
                                                                             and V. Skouris (Presidents of Chambers), D.A.O. Edward,
(1) OJ C 204 of 17.7.1999.
                                                                             J.P. Puissochet, P. Jann, L. Sevón, R. Schintgen, F. Macken
                                                                             and N. Colneric, Judges; F.G. Jacobs, Advocate General;
                                                                             D. Louterman-Hubeau, Head of Division, for the Registrar, has
                                                                             given a judgment on 14 June 2001, in which it has ruled: