CELEX: C2007/140/19
Language: en
Date: 2007-06-23 00:00:00
Title: Case C-172/07: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht des Saarlandes (Germany) lodged on 30 March 2007 — Helga Neumann-Seiwert v Saarland and Ministerium für Justiz, Gesundheit und Soziales, intervening party: DocMorris N.V.

23.6.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 140/11
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht des Saarlandes (Germany) lodged on 30 March 2007 — Helga Neumann-Seiwert v Saarland and Ministerium für Justiz, Gesundheit und Soziales, intervening party: DocMorris N.V.
   (Case C-172/07)
   (2007/C 140/19)
   Language of the case: German
   Referring court
   Verwaltungsgericht des Saarlandes
   Parties to the main proceedings
   
      Claimant: Helga Neumann-Seiwert
   
      Defendants: Saarland and Ministerium für Justiz, Gesundheit und Soziales
   
      Joined party: DocMorris N.V
   Questions referred
   
               1.
            
            
               Are the provisions concerning freedom of establishment for capital companies (Articles 43 and 48 EC) to be interpreted as precluding a prohibition on foreign ownership of pharmacies, as provided for by Paragraph 2(1)(1) to (4) and (7), the first sentence of Paragraph 7 and the first sentence of Paragraph 8 of the Gesetz über das Apothekenwesen — ApoG — (Law on Pharmacies) of 15 October 1980 (BGBl. I, p. 1993), as amended most recently by Article 34 of the Regulations of 31 October 2006 (BGBl. I, p. 2407)?
            
         
               2.
            
            
               If the first question is answered in the affirmative:
               Having regard in particular to Article 10 EC and to the principle of effectiveness of Community law, is a national authority entitled and obliged to disapply national provisions it regards as contrary to Community law even if there is no clear breach of Community law and it has not been established by the Court of Justice of the European Communities that the relevant provisions are incompatible with Community law?