CELEX: C1997/318/03
Language: en
Date: 1997-10-18 00:00:00
Title: JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Sixth Chamber) of 16 September 1997 in Case C-279/94: Commission of the European Communities v. Italian Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Obligation to give prior notification pursuant to Directive 83/189/EEC)

C 318/2                  EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                    18 . 10 . 97
          of Justice or the Court of First Instance ruling on               provisions necessary to comply with Council Directive
          the lawfulness of the Community act or on an                      93/36/EEC of 14 June 1993 coordinating procedures
          application for interim measures seeking similiar                 for the award of public supply contracts, the Italian
          interim relief at Community level.                                Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under the
                                                                            first subparagraph of Article 34 (1 ) of that directive;
4 . The second paragraph of Article 177 of the EC                      2 . dismisses the remainder of the application;
     Treaty does not preclude a national court which has
     ordered suspension of implementation of a national
     administrative decision and referred to the Court for a           3 . orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs.
     preliminary ruling a question on the validity of the
      Community act on which the decision is based from
                                                                       (') OJ C 131 , 26 . 4 . 1997.
     granting leave to appeal against its decision.
(') OJ C 333 , 9 . 12 . 1995 .
                                                                                       JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                                                                                                  ( Sixth Chamber)
                                                                                               of 16 September 1997
                JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                                                                              in Case C-279/94: Commission of the European
                          ( Sixth Chamber)                                           Communities v. Italian Republic ( l )
                           of 17 July 1997                             (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations —
                                                                       Obligation to give prior notification pursuant to Directive
        in Case C-43/97: Commission of the European                                                  83/189/EEC)
               Communities v. Italian Republic ( 1 )
                                                                                                    ( 97/C 318/03 )
(Failure to fulfil obligations — Directive 93/36/EEC —
       Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)
                                                                                        (Language of the case: Italian)
                            ( 97/C 318/02 )
                                                                         (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be
                  (Language of the case: Italian)                                 published in the European Court Reports)
                                                                       In Case C-279/94: Commission of the European
   (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be        Communities ( Agents : Antonio Aresu, then Paolo
           published in the European Court Reports)                    Stancanelli ) v. Italian Republic ( Agent: Umberto Leanza,
                                                                       assisted by Pier Giorgio Ferri ) — application for a
                                                                       declaration that, in adopting Law No 257 of 27 March
In Case C-43/97: Commission of the European                            1992 laying down rules concerning the cessation of the
Communities ( Agent: Paolo Stancanelli ) v. Italian Republic           use of asbestos, without having notified the draft Law to
( Agent: Professor Umberto Leanza, assisted by Ivo                     the Commission, the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil
M. Braguglia ) — application for a declaration that, by                its obligations pursuant to the first subparagraph of
failing to adopt within the prescribed period the laws,                Article 8 ( 1 ) — or, in the alternative, Article 9(1 ) — of
regulations and administrative provisions necessary to                 Council Directive 83/189/EEC of 28 March 1983 laying
comply with Council Directive 93/36/EEC of 14 June                     down a procedure for the provision of information in the
1993 coordinating procedures for the award of public                   field of technical standards and regulations ( OJ L 109,
supply contracts ( OJ L 199, 9 . 8 . 1993 , p. 1 ) and by              26 . 4. 1983 , p. 8 ), as amended by Directive 88/182/EEC
failing to notify those provisions, the Italian Republic has           ( OJ L 81 , 26 . 3 . 1988 , p. 75 ) — the Court ( Sixth
failed to fulfil its obligations under the first subparagraph          Chamber), composed of: G. F. Mancini, President of the
of Article 34(1 ) of that Directive — the Court ( Sixth                Chamber, J. L. Murray, G. Hirsch, H. Ragnemalm
Chamber), composed of: G. F. Mancini, President of the                 ( Rapporteur) and R. Schintgen, Judges; N. Fennelly,
Chamber, J. L. Murray, G. Hirsch, H. Ragnemalm                         Advocate-General; L. Hewlett, Administrator, for the
( Rapporteur ) and R. Schintgen, Judges; C. O. Lenz,                   Registrar, has given a judgment on 16 September 1997, in
                                                                       which it:
Advocate-General; R. Grass, Registrar, gave a judgment
on 17 July 1997, in which it:
                                                                        1 . declares that, in adopting Law No 257 of 27 March
                                                                             1992 laying down rules concerning the cessation of
 1 . declares that, by failing to adopt within the prescribed                the use of asbestos, without having notified the draft
      period the laws, regulations and administrative                        Law to the Commission, the Italian Republic has
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     failed to fulfil its obligations pursuant to the first             must be construed as not precluding the maintenance of a
     subparagraph of Article 8 (1 ) of Council Directive 83/            national charge having the characteristics of a stamp duty
     189/EEC of 28 March 1983 laying down a procedure                   levied on works contracts and contracts for the supply of
     for the provision of information in the field of                   materials or any kind of consumer article, to the exclusion
     technical standards and regulations, as amended by                 of a large portion of economic transcations in the Member
     Directive 88/182/EEC;                                              State concerned.
                                                                        O OJ C 180, 22 . 6 . 1996 .
2 . orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs.
(') OJ C 351 , 10 . 12 . 1994 .
                                                                                         ORDER OF THE COURT
                                                                                                (Fifth Chamber)
               JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                                            of 10 July 1997
                           ( First Chamber)                             in Case C-234/94 Waltraud Tomberger v. Gebrüder von
                                                                                            der Wettern GmbH (')
                      of 17 September 1997
                                                                                                   (Correction)
in Case C-130/96 (reference for a preliminary ruling from
the Supremo Tribunal Administrativo ): Fazenda Pública v.                                        ( 97/C 318/05 )
Solisnor-Estaleiros Navais SA, also represented: Ministério
                                Público P )
                                                                                       (Language of the case: German)
(VAT — Article 33 of the sixth VAT Directive —
Maintenance of stamp duties — Stamp duty on the value
  of contracts relating to the construction of an oil tanker)           In Case C-234/94 : reference to the Court under Article 177
                                                                        of the EC Treaty from the Bundesgerichtshof for a
                             ( 97/C 318/04 )                            preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that
                                                                        court between Waltraud Tomberger and Gebriider von der
                                                                        Wettern GmbH on the interpretation of Articles 31 ( 1 )
              (Language of the case: Portuguese)                        and 59 of the fourth Council Directive 78/660/EEC of
                                                                        25 July 1978 based on Article 54 ( 3 ) (g) of the Treaty on
                                                                        the annual accounts of certain types of companies ( OJ
  (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be          L 222, 14 . 8 . 1978 , p. 11 ) as amended by the seventh
          published in the European Court Reports)                      Council Directive 83/349/EEC based on Article 54 ( 3 ) ( g)
                                                                        of the Treaty on consolidated accounts ( OJ L 193 , 18 . 7.
                                                                        1983 , p. 1 ), the Court ( Fifth Chamber), composed of
In Case C-130/96 : reference to the Court under Article 177
                                                                        J. C. Moitinho de Almeida (President of the Chamber),
of the EC Treaty from the Supremo Tribunal Administra­                  C. Gulmann, D. A. O. Edward ( Rapporteur), J. -P.
tive ( Supreme Administrative Court) Portugal, for a                    Puissochet and M. Wathelet, Judges; G. Tesauro,
preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that               Advocate-General, R. Grass, Registrar, has made an order
court between Fazenda Publica and Solisnor-Estaleiros
                                                                        on 10 July 1997 correcting the judgment of 27 June
Navais SA, also represented : Ministerio Publico — on the               1996 (2 ) the operative part of which should read as
interpretation of Article 33 of the sixth Council Directive             follows :
77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonization of the
laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes —
common system of value added tax: uniform basis of                      Where
assessment ( OJ L 145 , 13 . 6 . 1977, p. 1 ) and of
Article 378 of the Act concerning the conditions of
accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese                    — one company (the parent company) is the sole
Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties ( OJ L 302,                    shareholder in another company (the subsidiary), and
15 . 11 . 1985, p. 23 ) — the Court ( First Chamber ),                      controls it,
composed of: L. Sevon, President of the Chamber, P. Jann
and M. Wathelet ( Rapporteur), Judges; P. Leger, Advocate­              — under national law, the parent company and the
General; H. von Holstein, Deputy Registrar, for the                         subsidiary form a group,
Registrar, has given a judgment on 17 September 1997, in
which it has ruled;
                                                                        — the financial years of the two companies coincide,
Article 33 of the sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of
17 May 1977 on the harmonization of the laws of the                     — the subsidiary 's general meeting approved the
Member States relating to turnover taxes — common                           appropriation of certain profits to the parent company
system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment                      in respect of the financial year concerned,