CELEX: C2000/273/08
Language: en
Date: 2000-09-23 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 15 June 2000 in Case C-237/98 P: Dorsch Consult Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH v Council of the European Union and Commission of the European Communities (Appeal — Non-contractual liability — Embargo on trade with Iraq — Lawful act — Damage)

23.9.2000               EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                            C 273/5
1.    Declares that, by maintaining rules requiring Community              1.    Dismisses the appeal;
      nationals who pursue haulage activities in Italy as service
      providers to be entered on the professional register of the          2.    Orders Dorsch Consult Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH to pay the
      Chambers of Commerce following authorisation by the Ministry               costs.
      for the Interior, the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its
      obligations under Articles 12 EC, 43 EC and 49 EC;
                                                                           (1) OJ C 278 of 5.9.1998.
2.    Orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs.
(1) OJ C 281 of 2.10.1999.
                                                                                            JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                                                                                                     (Fifth Chamber)
                 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                                                                                                     of 15 June 2000
                          (Fifth Chamber)
                                                                           in Joined Cases C-418/97 and C-419/97 (reference for a
                                                                           preliminary ruling from the Nederlandse Raad van State):
                          of 15 June 2000                                  ARCO Chemie Nederland Ltd v Minister van Volkshuis-
                                                                           vesting, Ruimtelijke Ordening en Milieubeheer (C-418/97)
                                                                           and Vereniging Dorpsbelang Hees and Others v Directeur
in Case C-237/98 P: Dorsch Consult Ingenieurgesellschaft                   van de dienst Milieu en Water van de provincie Gelder-
mbH v Council of the European Union and Commission                                                 land (C-419/97) (1)
               of the European Communities (1)
                                                                           (Environment — Directives 75/442/EEC and 91/156/EEC
(Appeal — Non-contractual liability — Embargo on trade                                           — Concept of ‘waste’)
              with Iraq — Lawful act — Damage)
                                                                                                     (2000/C 273/09)
                          (2000/C 273/08)
                                                                                               (Language of the case: Dutch)
                   (Language of the case: German)
                                                                           (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published                        in the European Court Reports)
                   in the European Court Reports)
                                                                           In Joined Cases C-418/97 and C-419/97: reference to the
In Case C-237/98 P: Dorsch Consult Ingenieurgesellschaft                   Court under Article 177 of the EC Treaty (now Article 234
mbH, established in Munich, Germany, represented by Pro-                   EC) from the Nederlandse Raad van State, The Netherlands, for
fessor K. M. Meessen, with an address for service in Luxem-                a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that
bourg at the chambers of P. Kinsch, 100 Boulevard de la                    court between ARCO Chemie Nederland Ltd and Minister van
Pétrusse — appeal against the judgment of the Court of First               Volkshuisvesting, Ruimtelijke Ordening en Milieubeheer
Instance of the European Communities (Second Chamber) of                   (C-418/97) and between Vereniging Dorpsbelang Hees, Stich-
28 April 1998 in Case T-184/95 Dorsch Consult v Council                    ting Werkgroep Weurt+, Vereniging Stedelijk Leefmilieu
and Commission [1998] ECR II-667, seeking to have that                     Nijmegen and Directeur van de dienst Milieu en Water van de
judgment set aside and the same form of order as that sought               provincie Gelderland, joined party: Elektriciteitsproductiemaat-
by the appellant at first instance, the other parties to the               schappij Oost- en Noord-Nederland NV (Epon) (C-419/97) —
proceedings being: Council of the European Union (Agents:                  on the interpretation of Council Directive 75/442/EEC of
S. Marquardt and A. Tanca and Commission of the European                   15 July 1975 on waste (OJ 1975 L 194, p. 39), as amended by
Communities (Agents: A. Rosas and J. Sack) — the Court (Fifth              Council Directive 91/156/EEC of 18 March 1991 (OJ 1991
Chamber), composed of: L. Sevón (President of the First                   L 78, p. 32) — the Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of:
Chamber), acting for the President of the Fifth Chamber,                   D. A. O. Edward, President of the Chamber, J. C. Moitinho de
P. J. G. Kapteyn (Rapporteur), P. Jann, H. Ragnemalm and                   Almeida, L. Sevón (Rapporteur), C. Gulmann and J.-P. Puisso-
M. Wathelet, Judges; A. La Pergola, Advocate General; D. Lout-             chet, Judges; S. Alber, Advocate General; D. Louterman-
erman-Hubeau, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has              Hubeau, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a
given a judgment on 15 June 2000, in which it:                             judgment on 15 June 2000, in which it has ruled: