CELEX: C2003/124/13
Language: en
Date: 2003-05-24 00:00:00
Title: Case C-124/03: Reference for a preliminary ruling by the College van Beroep voor het bedrĳfsleven by judgment of that Court of 11 March 2003 in the case of (1) Artrada (Freezone) NV, (2) Videmecum BV and (3) Jac. Meisner Internationaal Expeditiebedrĳf BV against Rĳksdienst voor de Keuring van Vee en Vlees

C 124/8                EN                        Official Journal of the European Union                                           24.5.2003
listing (including in the first category the listing of priority         2(b) In the event that Article 2(4) of Directive 92/46/EEC also
sites) with the result that, in order to ensure the effectiveness              refers to semifinished products, according to which
of the directive, where a Member State identifies a site of                    criteria must it be determined whether milk or a milk
Community importance sustaining priority natural habitat                       product forms an essential part of a product, either in
types or species, there must be considered to be an obligation                 terms of quantity or for characterization of those prod-
to carry out an assessment of plans and projects with a                        ucts, as referred to in Article 2(4) of Directive 92/46/EEC?
significant effect on the site even before the Commission draws
up the draft list of sites or adopts the final version of that list
pursuant to Article 21 of the directive and, in fact, with effect        (1 ) OJ L 268 [1992], p. 1.
from the drawing up of the national list?
( 1) OJ L 206 of 22.7.1992, p. 7.
                                                                         Action brought on 20 March 2003 by the Commission of
                                                                         the European Communities against the Federal Republic
                                                                                                     of Germany
                                                                                                   (Case C-126/03)
Reference for a preliminary ruling by the College van
Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven by judgment of that Court                                            (2003/C 124/14)
of 11 March 2003 in the case of (1) Artrada (Freezone)
NV, (2) Videmecum BV and (3) Jac. Meisner Internationaal
Expeditiebedrijf BV against Rijksdienst voor de Keuring
                        van Vee en Vlees                                 An action against the Federal Republic of Germany was
                                                                         brought before the Court of Justice of the European Communi-
                                                                         ties on 20 March 2003 by the Commission of the European
                         (Case C-124/03)                                 Communities, represented by Klaus Wiedner, of the Com-
                                                                         mission’s Legal Service, acting as Agent, with an address for
                         (2003/C 124/13)                                 service in Luxembourg.
                                                                         The Commission claims that the Court should:
Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the                   —     Declare that, by reason of the fact that the contract for
European Communities by judgment of the College van Beroep                     waste transport concluded by the City of Munich was
voor het bedrijfsleven (Administrative Court for Trade and                     awarded without compliance with the notification
Industry) of 11 March 2003, received at the Court Registry on                  requirements laid down in Article 8, in conjunction with
20 March 2003, for a preliminary ruling in the case of                         Articles 15(2) and 16(1), of Directive 92/50 (1), the
(1) Artrada (Freezone) NV, (2) Videmecum BV and (3) Jac.                       Federal Republic of Germany has failed to fulfil its
Meisner Internationaal Expeditiebedrijf BV against Rijksdienst                 obligations under that directive; and
voor de Keuring van Vee en Vlees (Netherlands Livestock and
Meat Inspectorate) on the following questions:                           —     Order the Federal Republic of Germany to pay the costs
                                                                               of the proceedings.
1(a) Must the term ‘milk for the manufacture of milk-based
      products’ in Article 2(2) of Directive 92/46/EEC (1) be
      interpreted as meaning that it (also) includes milk con-
      stituents of a product which also contains other non-milk          Pleas in law and main arguments
      constituents and where the milk constituent cannot be
      separated from the non-milk constituents?
                                                                         If — as is the case with the Municipality of the City of Munich
                                                                         — the conditions for the existence of a body governed by
1(b) If the answer to question 1(a) is affirmative: must                 public law are met, there is no need under the directive to
      Article 22 of Directive 92/46/EEC be interpreted as                draw a distinction, in the case of every requested provision of
      meaning that in the case of imports from non-Member                services, as to whether such services are provided in the general
      States that directive is applicable only to the milk               interest and are commercial in nature. It is for that reason
      constituent of a product and thus not to the product of            irrelevant that, in the present case, the City of Munich, in
      which it is a constituent?                                         connection with the provision of a service for a third party,
                                                                         burns waste in its own incineration plant and does not effect
2(a) Does the concept of ‘milk-based products’ in Article 2(4)           the transport to that plant itself but relies on a private
      of Directive 92/46/EEC concern only finished products              undertaking to do so. If a public body tenders successfully for
      or also semifinished products which must undergo further           a contract but is obliged to subcontract out certain services in
      processing before they can be offered for sale to the              order to ensure provision of the overall service, that public
      consumer?                                                          body must apply the procedures set out in Directive 92/50.