CELEX: C2000/149/04
Language: en
Date: 2000-05-27 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of 14 March 2000 in Case C-54/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État, France): Association Église de Scientologie de Paris and Scientology International Reserves Trust v The Prime Minister (Free movement of capital — Direct foreign investments — Prior authorisation — Public policy and public security)

27.5.2000                EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                             C 149/3
Article 3(1) of Decision No 3/80 of the Association Council of             Article 73d(1)(b) of the EC Treaty (now Article 58(1)(b) EC) must
19 September 1998 on the application of the social security schemes        be interpreted as precluding a system of prior authorisation for direct
of the Member States of the European Communities to Turkish                foreign investments which confines itself to defining in general terms
workers and members of their families must be interpreted as not           the affected investments as being investments that are such as to
precluding a Member State from applying to Turkish workers                 represent a threat to public policy and public security, with the result
legislation which, for the purposes of awarding a retirement pension       that the persons concerned are unable to ascertain the specific
and determining the social security number allocated for that purpose,     circumstances in which prior authorisation is required.
takes as the conclusive date of birth the one given in the first
declaration made by the person concerned to a social security authority
in that Member State and allows another date of birth to be taken
                                                                           (1) OJ C 100 of 10.4.1999.
into account only if a document is produced the original of which was
issued before that declaration was made.
(1) OJ C 209 of 4.7.1998 and OJ C 258 of 15.8.1998.
                                                                                            JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                                               (Fifth Chamber)
                          of 14 March 2000
                                                                                                    of 16 March 2000
in Case C-54/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from
the Conseil d’État, France): Association Église de Scientol-             in Joined Cases C-395/96 P and C-396/96 P: Compagnie
ogie de Paris and Scientology International Reserves                       Maritime Belge Transports SA (C-395/96 P), Compagnie
                 Trust v The Prime Minister (1)                            Maritime Belge SA (C-395/96 P) and Dafra-Lines A/S
                                                                           (C-396/96 P) v Commission of the European Communi-
                                                                                                           ties (1)
(Free movement of capital — Direct foreign investments —
   Prior authorisation — Public policy and public security)
                                                                           (Competition — International maritime transport — Liner
                                                                           conferences — Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 — Article 86
                           (2000/C 149/04)
                                                                           of the EC Treaty (now Article 82 EC) — Collective dominant
                                                                           position — Exclusivity agreement between national auth-
                                                                           orities and liner conferences — Liner conference insisting on
                     (Language of the case: French)                        application of the agreement — Fighting ships — Loyalty
                                                                           rebates — Rights of defence — Fines — Assessment criteria)
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published                               (2000/C 149/05)
                    in the European Court Reports)
In Case C-54/99: reference to the Court under Article 177 of
the EC Treaty (now Article 234 EC) from the Conseil d’État,                                   (Language of the case: English)
France, for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending
before that court between Association Église de Scientologie
de Paris, Scientology International Reserves Trust and The
Prime Minister — on the interpretation of Article 73d(1)(b) of
the EC Treaty (now Article 58(1)(b) EC) — the Court,
composed of: G.C. Rodrı́guez Iglesias, President, J.C. Moitinho            In Joined Cases C-395/96 P and C-396/96 P: Compagnie
de Almeida, D.A.O. Edward, R. Schintgen (Presidents of                     Maritime Belge Transports SA (C-395/96 P), established in
Chambers), P.J.G. Kapteyn, C. Gulmann (Rapporteur), J.-P.                  Antwerp, Belgium, Compagnie Maritime Belge SA (C-395/96
Puissochet, G. Hirsch, H. Ragnemalm, M. Wathelet and V.                    P), established in Antwerp, and Dafra-Lines A/S (C-396/96 P),
Skouris, Judges; A. Saggio, Advocate General; R. Grass, Regis-             established in Copenhagen, Denmark, represented by M. and
trar, has given a judgment on 14 March 2000, in which it has               D. Waelbroeck, of the Brussels Bar, with an address for service
ruled:                                                                     in Luxembourg at the Chambers of E. Arendt, 34 Rue