CELEX: 62014CN0293
Language: en
Date: 2014-06-13 00:00:00
Title: Case C-293/14: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 13 June 2014  — Gerhart Hiebler v Walter Schlagbauer

8.9.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 303/21
            
         Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 13 June 2014 — Gerhart Hiebler v Walter Schlagbauer
   (Case C-293/14)
   2014/C 303/27
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Oberster Gerichtshof
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Gerhart Hiebler
   
      Defendant: Walter Schlagbauer
   
      Questions referred
   
   
               1.
            
            
               In accordance with Article 2(2)(i) of Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal market, (1) is the entire commercial activity of a chimney sweep excluded from the scope of that directive because chimney sweeps also perform tasks in the field of fire safety regulation (fire safety inspections, expert reports in the course of building approval procedures etc.)?
               If Question 1 is answered in the negative:
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Is a scheme, provided for in national law, under which the licence to trade as a chimney sweep is limited to a particular ‘Kehrgebiet’ (sweeping area) compatible with Article 10(4) and Article 15(1), (2)(a) and (3) of Directive 2006/123/EC?
            
         
      (1)  OJ 2006 L 376, p. 36.