CELEX: C2003/112/29
Language: en
Date: 2003-05-10 00:00:00
Title: Case C-118/03: Action brought on 17 March 2003 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Federal Republic of Germany

10.5.2003               EN                          Official Journal of the European Union                                        C 112/17
Pleas in law and main arguments                                             Action brought on 17 March 2003 by the Commission of
                                                                            the European Communities against the Federal Republic
                                                                                                        of Germany
France was required to transpose and apply the provision
referred to in the application with effect from 1 January 2000.                                       (Case C-118/03)
It appears from the replies submitted of the French authorities
that, with the exception of numbers which are free of                                                 (2003/C 112/29)
charge (‘freephone numbers’) and of shared-cost numbers, the
remaining non-geographic numbers are not covered by the
measures which have been established.
                                                                            An action against the Federal Republic of Germany was
                                                                            brought before the Court of Justice of the European Communi-
( 1) Directive 97/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council       ties on 17 March 2003 by the Commission of the European
     of 30 June 1997 on interconnection in Telecommunications with          Communities, represented by Ulrich Wölker, legal advisor, and
     regard to ensuring universal service and interoperability through      Hans Støvlbæk, of its legal service, with an address for service
     application of the principles of Open Network Provision (ONP)          in Luxembourg.
     — OJ L 199, 26.7.1997, p. 32.
( 2) OJ L 268, 3.10.1998, p. 37.
                                                                            The applicant claims that the Court should:
                                                                            1.    Declare that by failing to adopt the laws, regulations
                                                                                  and administrative provisions necessary to implement
                                                                                  Commission Directive 2000/37/EC ( 1) of 5 June 2000
                                                                                  amending Chapter VIa ‘Pharmacovigilance’ of Council
                                                                                  Directive 81/851/EEC on the approximation of the laws
                                                                                  of the Member States relating to veterinary medicinal
                                                                                  products or by failing to inform the Commission of those
Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Tribunale di                            provisions, the Federal Republic of Germany has failed to
Genova — Prima sezione civile by order of that Court of                           fulfil its obligations under that directive;
10 March 2003 in the civil proceedings brought by
Eco Eridania S.r.l. against Ministero dell’Ambiente and
                                                                            2.    Order the Federal Republic of Germany to pay the costs.
              Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri
                          (Case C-115/03)
                                                                            Pleas in law and main arguments
                          (2003/C 112/28)                                   The period for implementing the directive expired on 5 Decem-
                                                                            ber 2001.
                                                                            (1 ) OJ L 139, 10.6.2000, p. 25.
Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the
European Communities by order of the Tribunale di Genova
— Prima sezione civile (Genoa District Court, First Civil
Chamber) of 10 March 2003, received at the Court Registry
on 17 March 2003, for a preliminary ruling in the civil
proceedings brought by Eco Eridania S.r.l. against Ministero
dell’Ambiente and Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri on the
following question:                                                         Action brought on 18 March 2003 by the Commission of
                                                                             the European Communities against the French Republic
Does the obligation under Article 4 of Directive 91/689/                                              (Case C-119/03)
EEC ( 1) apply to all producers of hazardous waste (including
dental surgeons’ practices) or merely to producers of hazardous
                                                                                                      (2003/C 112/30)
waste whose business is organised in the form of an undertak-
ing or institution?
                                                                            An action against the French Republic was brought before the
( 1) OJ L 377 of 31.12.1991, p. 20.                                         Court of Justice of the European Communities on 18 March
                                                                            2003 by the Commission of the European Communities,
                                                                            represented by G. Rozet, acting as Agent, with an address for
                                                                            service in Luxembourg.