CELEX: 62009CN0367
Language: en
Date: 2009-09-08 00:00:00
Title: Case C-367/09: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Antwerpen (Belgium) of 8 September 2009 — Belgisch Interventie- en Restitutiebureau v SGS Belgium NV, Firme Derwa NV and Centraal Beheer Achmea NV

5.12.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 297/18
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Antwerpen (Belgium) of 8 September 2009 — Belgisch Interventie- en Restitutiebureau v SGS Belgium NV, Firme Derwa NV and Centraal Beheer Achmea NV
   (Case C-367/09)
   2009/C 297/24
   Language of the case: Dutch
   
      Referring court
   
   Hof van beroep te Antwerpen
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
               Appellant
            
            
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               Belgisch Interventie- en Restitutiebureau
            
         
               Respondents
            
            
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                           SGS Belgium NV
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                           Firme Derwa NV
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                           Centraal Beheer Achmea NV
                        
                     
         
      Questions referred
   
   
               1.
            
            
               Do the provisions of Articles 5 and 7 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 (1) of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities’ financial interests have direct effect in the national legal orders of the Member States without any discretion on the part of those Member States and without the national authorities being required to adopt any measures for their implementation?
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Can an international control and supervisory agency approved by the Member State in which the export declaration was accepted — in this case, Belgium — which has submitted a false certificate of unloading within the meaning of Article 18(2)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 (2) be deemed to be an economic operator within the meaning of Article 1 of Regulation No 2988/95, or a person who has taken part in the irregularity or is under a duty to take responsibility for the irregularity or to ensure that it is not committed, within the meaning of Article 7 of Regulation No 2988/95?
            
         
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               Can a communication derived from an investigative report drawn up by the Economic Inspection Board, or a letter requesting the production of additional documents as evidence of the release for consumption, or a registered letter imposing a sanction, be deemed to be investigation or legal proceedings within the meaning of the third subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Regulation No 2988/95?
            
         
      (1)  OJ 1995 L 312, p. 1.
   
      (2)  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 of 27 November 1987 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds on agricultural products.