CELEX: C2000/079/24
Language: en
Date: 2000-03-18 00:00:00
Title: Case C-507/99: Reference for a preliminary ruling by the College van Beroep voor het Bedrĳfsleven by judgment of that court of 19 October 1999 in the case of Denkavit Nederland BV against (1) Minister van Landbouw, Natuurbeheer en Visserĳ; (2) Voedselvoorzieningsin- en verkoopbureau

18.3.2000               EN                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                    C 79/13
Action brought on 22 December 1999 by the Commission                     Reference for a preliminary ruling by the College van
of the European Communities against the Portuguese                       Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven by judgment of that court
                              Republic                                   of 19 October 1999 in the case of Denkavit Nederland BV
                                                                         against (1) Minister van Landbouw, Natuurbeheer en
                                                                           Visserij; (2) Voedselvoorzieningsin- en verkoopbureau
                         (Case C-506/99)
                                                                                                 (Case C-507/99)
                          (2000/C 79/23)                                                          (2000/C 79/24)
                                                                         Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the
                                                                         European Communities by judgment of the College van Beroep
An action against the Portuguese Republic was brought                    voor het Bedrijfsleven (Commercial Court of Appeal) of
before the Court of Justice the European Communities on                  19 October 1999, received at the Court Registry on
22 December 1999 by the Commission of the European                       23 December 1999, for a preliminary ruling in the case of
Communities, represented by António Caeiros, of its Legal               Denkavit Nederland BV against (1) Minister van Landbouw,
Service, and Manuel Desantes, national civil servant on                  Natuurbeheer en Visserij (Minister for Agriculture, Nature
secondment to the Commission’s Legal Service, acting as                  Management and Fisheries); (2) Het Voedselvoorzieningsin- en
Agents, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the office          verkoopbureau (Foodstuffs buying-in and sales agency) on the
of Carlos Gómez de la Cruz, Wagner Centre, Kirchberg.                   following questions:
                                                                         1. Does the fact that the calves in issue come under the
The applicant claims that the Court should:                                  common organisation of the market in beef and veal mean
                                                                             that the (alleged) power on the part of the Netherlands
                                                                             authorities to determine the point in time at which
                                                                             British calves are to be slaughtered must have a basis in
— declare that, by failing to adopt and bring into force the                 Community legislation, in the absence of which the
    laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary                national authorities do not have any such power?
    to comply with Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parlia-
    ment and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal                2. If the answer to the first question is in the affirmative:
    protection of databases (1) within the period prescribed in              does Article 8 of Directive 90/425/EEC (1) constitute an
    Article 16(1) thereof, the Portuguese Republic has failed to             adequate basis for that power?
    fulfil its obligations under the first paragraph of Article 10
    and the third paragraph of Article 249 of the EC Treaty, as          3. If the second question is answered in the negative: is there
    well as the provisions of Article 16(1) of Directive 96/9/EC;            any other basis for that power in Community law?
— declare, in the alternative, that by failing to inform the             (1) OJ 1990 L 224, p. 29.
    Commission immediately of such measures, the Portuguese
    Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under those
    provisions;
— order the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs.
                                                                         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungs-
                                                                         gerichtshof by order of that court of 16 December 1999
                                                                         in the case of Palais am Stadtpark Hotelbetriebsges.m.b.H.
Pleas in law and main arguments                                          & CO KG v Finanzlandesdirektion für Wien, Niederöster-
                                                                                             reich und Burgenland
                                                                                                 (Case C-508/99)
The pleas in law and main arguments are analogous with those
set out in Case C-495/99 (2); the period prescribed in Article 16
of Directive 96/9/EC expired on 1 January 1998.                                                   (2000/C 79/25)
                                                                         Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the
                                                                         European Communities by an order of the Verwaltungsgericht-
(1) OJ 1996 L 77, p. 20.                                                 shof (Higher Administrative Court), Austria, of 16 December
(2) OJ C 63, 4.3.2000, p. 16.                                            1999, which was received at the Court Registry on 24 Decemb-
                                                                         er 1999, for a preliminary ruling in the case of Palais am
                                                                         Stadtpark Hotelbetriebsges.m.b.H. & CO KG v Finanzlandesdi-
                                                                         rektion für Wien, Niederösterreich und Burgenland on the
                                                                         following question: