CELEX: C2000/335/34
Language: en
Date: 2000-11-25 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 3 October 2000 in Case C-458/98 P: Industrie des Poudres Sphériques v Council of the European Union (Appeal — Anti-dumping — Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 — Calcium metal — Admissibility — Re-opening of an anti-dumping procedure after annulment of the regulation adopting an anti-dumping duty — Right to a fair hearing)

25.11.2000                EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                             C 335/19
The application, on a unilateral basis, by a group of healthcare            1.    Dismisses the appeal;
providers to EC officials of scales of fees for medical and hospital
maternity care which are higher than those applicable to residents          2.    Orders Industrie des Poudres Sphériques to pay the costs;
affiliated to the national social security scheme constitutes discrimi-
nation on the ground of nationality prohibited under the first
paragraph of Article 6 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, the          3.    Orders Péchiney Électrométallurgie, the Chambre Syndicale de
first paragraph of Article 12 EC), in the absence of objective                    l’Électrométallurgie et de l’Électrochimie and the Commission of
justification in this respect.                                                    the European Communities each to bear their own costs.
(1) OJ C 20 of 23.1.1999.                                                   (1) OJ C 48, 20.2.1999, p. 17.
                   JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                                                                                              JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                            (Fifth Chamber)
                          of 3 October 2000                                                            (Sixth Chamber)
in Case C-458/98 P: Industrie des Poudres Sphériques v                                               of 3 October 2000
                Council of the European Union (1)
                                                                            in Case C-9/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from
(Appeal — Anti-dumping — Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88                        the Cour d’Appel de Grenoble, France): Échirolles Distri-
— Calcium metal — Admissibility — Re-opening of an                              bution SA v Association du Dauphiné and Others (1)
anti-dumping procedure after annulment of the regulation
 adopting an anti-dumping duty — Right to a fair hearing)
                                                                                            (National legislation on book prices)
                            (2000/C 335/34)
                                                                                                       (2000/C 335/35)
                      (Language of the case: French)
                                                                                                 (Language of the case: French)
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
                     in the European Court Reports)
                                                                            (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
In Case C-458/98 P: Industrie des Poudres Sphériques, estab-                                    in the European Court Reports)
lished in Annemasse (France), represented by C. Momège, of
the Paris Bar, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the
Chambers of A. May, 398 Route d’Esch — appeal against the                   In Case C-9/99: reference to the Court under Article 177 of
judgment of the Court of First Instance of the European                     the EC Treaty (now Article 234 EC) from the Cour d’Appel
Communities (Fifth Chamber, Extended Composition) of                        (Court of Appeal), Grenoble, for a preliminary ruling in the
15 October 1998 in Case T-2/95 Industries des Poudres                       proceedings pending before that court between Échirolles
Sphériques v Council [1998] ECR II-3939, seeking to have                    Distribution SA and Association du Dauphiné and Others —
that judgment set aside, the other parties to the proceedings               on the interpretation of Articles 3(c) and (g) of the EC Treaty
being: Council of the European Union (Agents: S. Marquardt                  (now, after amendment, Article 3(c) and (g) EC), 3a and 5 of
assisted by P. Bentley) Commission of the European Communi-                 the EC Treaty (now Articles 4 EC and 10 EC), the second
ties, (Agents: N. Khan and X. Lewis) Péchiney Électrométallur-             paragraph of Article 7a of the EC Treaty (now, after amend-
gie, established in Courbevoie (France) Chambre Syndicale de                ment, the second paragraph of Article 14 EC) and Articles
l’Électrométallurgie et de l’Électrochimie, established in Paris          102a and 103(3) and (4) of the EC Treaty (now Articles 98 EC
(France), represented by O. d’Ormesson and O. Prost, of                     and 99(3) and (4) EC) — the Court (Sixth Chamber), composed
the Paris Bar — the Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of:                     of: J.C. Moitinho de Almeida (Rapporteur), President of the
D.A.O. Edward, President of the Chamber, P.J.G. Kapteyn,                    Chamber, R. Schintgen, C. Gulmann, J.-P. Puissochet and
A. La Pergola, P. Jann and H. Ragnemalm (Rapporteur), Judges;               V. Skouris, Judges; S. Alber, Advocate General; D. Louterman-
G. Cosmas, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a               Hubeau, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a
judgment on 3 October 2000, in which it:                                    judgment on 3 October 2000, in which it has ruled: