CELEX: C1996/269/02
Language: en
Date: 1996-09-14 00:00:00
Title: ORDER OF THE COURT of 25 June 1996 in Case C-101/96: criminal proceedings against Italia Testa (Interpretation of the provisions of the Treaty on the free movement of goods and the freedom to provide services with regard to national legislation on the management of copyright by a company governed by public law)

14 . 9 . 96           EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                No C 269/ 1
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                                              COURT OF JUSTICE
                                                        COURT OF JUSTICE
               JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                                 ORDER OF THE COURT
                         of 18 June 1996                                                      of 25 June 1996
in Case C-303/94 : European Parliament v. Council of the             in Case C-101 /96: criminal proceedings against Italia
                      European Union ( 1 )                                                           Testa ()
(Directive concerning the placing of plant protection                (Interpretation of the provisions of the Treaty on the free
products on the market — Prerogatives of the                         movement of goods and the freedom to provide services
                            Parliament)                               with regard to national legislation on the management of
                          ( 96/C 269/01 )                                  copyright by a company governed by public law)
                                                                                                 ( 96/C 269/02 )
                (Language of the case: French)
                                                                                    (Language of the case: Italian)
 (Provisional translation ; the definitive translation will he
          published in the European Court Reports)
                                                                      (Provisional translation ; the definitive translation will be
In Case C-303/94 : European Parliament ( Agent: Gregorio                      published in the European Court Reports)
 Garzón, assisted by Johann Schoo and Kieran Bradley )
 against Council of the European Union ( Agents : Ramon
                                                                      In Case C-101 /96 : reference to the Court under Article 177
 Torrent and Diego Canga Fano ) — application for the
 annulment of Council Directive 94/43/EC of 27 July 1994              of the EC Treaty from the Pretura Circondariale di Roma ,
 establishing Annex VI to Directive 91 /414/EEC concerning            Sezione Distaccata di Tivoli , for a preliminary ruling in the
 the placing of plant protection products on the market ( OJ          criminal proceedings before that court against Italia Testa
 No L 227 1994, p. 31 ) — the Court, composed of G. C.                on the compatibility of national legislation relating to the
 Rodriguez Iglesias, President, C. N. Kakouris, D. A. O.              management of copyright with Article 30 of the EC Treaty ,
 Edward and J. -P. Puissochet ( Rapporteur ) ( Presidents of          the Court, composed of G. C. Rodriguez Iglesias, President,
 Chambers ), G. F. Mancini , P. J. G. Kapteyn , C. Gulmann ,          C. N. Kakouris, D. A. O. Edward , J. -P. Puissochet and G.
 J. L. Murray, P. Jann , L. Sevón and M. Wathelet, Judges ;           Hirsch ( Presidents of Chambers ), G. F. Mancini , J. C.
 Advocate-General : G. Tesauro, D. Louterman-Hubeau ,                 Moitinho de Almeida , P. J. G. Kapteyn ( Rapporteur ), C.
 Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment          Gulmann , J. L. Murray , P. Jann, H. Ragnemalm and L.
 on 18 June 1996 , in which it :                                      Sevón , Judges; G. Cosmas, Advocate-General ; R. Grass ,
                                                                      Registrar, made an order on 25 June 1996 , the operative
                                                                      part of which is as follows :
  1 . annuls Council Directive 94/43/EC of 27 July 1994
      establishing Annex VI to Directive 91 /414/EEC
      concerning the placing of plant protection products on          The request for a preliminary ruling submitted by the
      the market;                                                     Pretura Circondariale di Roma, Sezione Distaccata di
                                                                      Tivoli, by order of 21 February 1996 is inadmissible.
 2 . orders the Council to pay the costs.
                                                                       (M O J No C 158 , 1 . 6 . 1996 .
  (') OJ No C 370 , 24 . 12 . 1994 .