CELEX: C2003/264/20
Language: en
Date: 2003-11-01 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 11 September 2003 in Case C-331/01: Kingdom of Spain v Commission of the European Communities (EAGGF — Clearance of accounts — Additional payments granted to producers of bovine animals in 1996 — Time-limits for notification of results of checks)

C 264/12                EN                           Official Journal of the European Union                                             1.11.2003
     Article 3 of that directive, whether a qualification obtained in        for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that
     another Member State by a national of a Member State wishing            court between Albacom SpA (C-292/01), Infostrada SpA
     to pursue a regulated profession in the host Member State can           (C-293/01) and Ministero del Tesoro, del Bilancio e della
     be regarded as a diploma within the meaning of that provision           Programmazione Economica, Ministero delle Comunicazioni,
     and, if so, to determine the extent to which the training courses       on the interpretation of Directive 97/13/EC of the European
     whose successful completion leads to the award of those                 Parliament and of the Council of 10 April 1997 on a common
     diplomas are similar with regard to both their duration and the         framework for general authorisations and individual licences
     matters covered. If it is apparent from that court’s examination        in the field of telecommunications services (OJ 1997 L 117,
     that both qualifications constitute diplomas within the meaning         p. 15), the Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of: M. Wathelet,
     of that directive and that those diplomas are awarded on the            President of the Chamber, C.W.A. Timmermans, A. La Pergola,
     completion of equivalent education or training, the directive           P. Jann and S. von Bahr (Rapporteur), Judges; D. Ruiz-Jarabo
     precludes the authorities of the host Member State from making          Colomer, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a
     access by that national of a Member State to the profession of          judgment on 18 September 2003, in which it has ruled:
     manager in the hospital public service subject to the condition
     that he complete the training given by the École nationale de la
     santé publique and pass the final examination at the end of             Directive 97/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
                                                                             of 10 April 1997 on a common framework for general authorisations
     that training.
                                                                             and individual licences in the field of telecommunications services
                                                                             and, in particular, Article 11 thereof, prohibit Member States from
2.   Where a national of a Member State holds a diploma obtained
                                                                             imposing financial charges other than and in addition to those
     in one Member State which is equivalent to the diploma
                                                                             allowed by the directive, such as the contested charge in the main
     required in another Member State in order to take up
                                                                             proceedings, on undertakings which hold individual licences in the
     employment in the hospital public service, Community law
                                                                             telecommunications sector solely because they hold such licences.
     precludes the authorities of the second Member State from
     making that national’s access to the employment in question
     subject to his passing a competition such as the entrance
                                                                             (1) OJ C 275 of 29.9.2001 and OJ C 289 of 13.10.2001.
     examination of the École nationale de la santé publique.
(1) OJ C 275 of 29.9.2001.
                                                                                              JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                                                 (First Chamber)
                          (Fifth Chamber)                                                          of 11 September 2003
                      of 18 September 2003                                   in Case C-331/01: Kingdom of Spain v Commission of the
                                                                                                European Communities (1)
In Joined Cases C-292/01 and C-293/01 (Reference for a
preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato): Albacom
                                                                             (EAGGF — Clearance of accounts — Additional payments
SpA (C-292/01), Infostrada SpA (C-293/01) v Ministero
                                                                             granted to producers of bovine animals in 1996 — Time-
del Tesoro, del Bilancio e della Programmazione Econ-
          omica, Ministero delle Comunicazioni (1)                                      limits for notification of results of checks)
(Telecommunications services — General authorisations and                                              (2003/C 264/20)
individual licences — Directive 97/13/EC — Fees and
                 charges for individual licences)                                               (Language of the case: Spanish)
                          (2003/C 264/19)                                    (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
                                                                                                in the European Court Reports)
                    (Language of the case: Italian)
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
                   in the European Court Reports)                            In Case C-331/01, Kingdom of Spain (Agent: initially by
                                                                             M. López-Monís Gallego and subsequently by L. Fraguas
                                                                             Gadea) v Commission of the European Communities (Agent:
                                                                             S. Pardo Quintillán): Application for the annulment of Com-
In Joined Cases C-292/01 and C-293/01: Reference to the                      mission Decision 2001/557/EC of 11 July 2001 excluding
Court under Article 234 EC by the Consiglio di Stato (Italy)                 from Community financing certain expenditure incurred by
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the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the                         D.A.O. Edward, A. La Pergola, P. Jann, V. Skouris, F. Macken,
European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)                    N. Colneric, S. von Bahr, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues and A. Rosas
(OJ 2001 L 200, p. 28) in so far as it concerns the Kingdom of               (Rapporteur), Judges; F.G. Jacobs, Advocate General; H.A. Rühl,
Spain, the Court (First Chamber), composed of: M. Wathelet,                  Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment
President of the Chamber, P. Jann and A. Rosas (Rapporteur),                 on 9 September 2003, in which it:
Judges; C. Stix-Hackl, Advocate General; H. von Holstein,
Deputy Registrar, has given a judgment on 11 September
                                                                             1.    Dismisses the appeal;
2003, in which it:
                                                                             2.    Orders Ms Kik to pay the costs;
1.    Dismisses the application;
                                                                             3.    Orders the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the
2.    Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.                                Council of the European Union and the Commission of the
                                                                                   European Communities to bear their own costs.
(1) OJ C 303 of 27.10.2001.
                                                                             (1) OJ C 331 of 24.11.2001.
                 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                                        JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                      of 9 September 2003                                                            (Second Chamber)
in Case C-361/01 P: Christina Kik v Office for Harmonis-                                           of 11 September 2003
ation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
                             (OHIM) (1)
                                                                             in Case C-22/02: Commission of the European Communi-
                                                                                                  ties v Italian Republic (1)
(Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Article 115 — Rules in force
governing languages at the Office for Harmonisation in the
                                                                             (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to
Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) — Plea
        of illegality — Principle of non-discrimination)                                    implement Directive 1999/94/EC)
                                                                                                       (2003/C 264/22)
                         (2003/C 264/21)
                                                                                                 (Language of the case: Italian)
                    (Language of the case: Dutch)
                                                                             (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 Case C-22/02, Commission of the European Communities
In Case C-361/01 P, Christina Kik (represented by E. H. Pijnack-             (Agents: G. Valero Jordana and R. Amorosi) v Italian Republic
er Hordijk and S. B. Noë): Appeal against the judgment of the                (Agent: I.M. Braguglia, assisted by A. De Stefano): Application
Court of First Instance of the European Communities in Case                  for a declaration that, by failing to adopt or, in any event, to
T-120/99 Kik v OHIM [2001] ECR II-2235, seeking to have                      communicate to the Commission the laws, regulations and
that judgment set aside, the other parties to the proceedings                administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive
being: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade                1999/94/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of
Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Agents: A. von Mühendahl,                         13 December 1999 relating to the availability of consumer
O. Montalto and J. Miranda de Sousa) supported by Com-                       information on fuel economy and CO2 emissions in respect of
mission of the European Communities (Agents: W. Wils and                     the marketing of new passenger cars (OJ 2000 L 12, p. 16),
N. Rasmussen), Hellenic Republic (Agents: A. Samoni-Rantou                   the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under
and S. Vodina), Kingdom of Spain (Agent: S. Ortiz Vaamonde)                  that directive, the Court (Second Chamber), composed of:
and Council of the European Union (Agent: G. Houttuin and                    R. Schintgen, President of the Chamber, V. Skouris and
A. Lo Monaco), the Court, composed of: G.C. Rodríguez                        N. Colneric (Rapporteur), Judges; F.G. Jacobs, Advocate Gen-
Iglesias, President, J.-P. Puissochet, M. Wathelet, R. Schintgen             eral; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 11 September
and C.W.A. Timmermans, Presidents of Chamber, C. Gulmann,                    2003, in which it: