CELEX: 62008CN0344
Language: en
Date: 2008-07-24 00:00:00
Title: Case C-344/08: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy w Kościanie (Republic of Poland) lodged on 24 July 2008 — Criminal proceedings against Tomasz Rubach

25.10.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 272/10
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy w Kościanie (Republic of Poland) lodged on 24 July 2008 — Criminal proceedings against Tomasz Rubach
   (Case C-344/08)
   (2008/C 272/17)
   Language of the case: Polish
   Referring court
   Sąd Rejonowy w Kościanie
   Parties to the main proceedings
   
      Prosecuting authority: Prokuratura Rejonowa w Kościanie (District Prosecutor's Office, Kościan)
   
      Defendant: Tomasz Rubach
   Question referred
   How should Article 8(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of 9 December 1996 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (1) be properly interpreted, that is to say, how, under Community law, may a keeper of animals listed in Annex B (which are not amphibians, reptiles, birds or mammals) prove satisfactorily that his specimens were acquired or introduced into the Community in accordance with the legislation in force with regard to wild fauna and flora in the case where the provisions of national law do not govern those matters?
   
      (1)  OJ L 61, 3.3.1997, p. 1.