CELEX: C1996/064/01
Language: en
Date: 1996-03-02 00:00:00
Title: JUDGMENT OF THE COURT of 14 December 1995 in Case C-312/93 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d'Appel, Brussels): Peterbroeck, Van Campenhout & Cie SCS v. Belgian State (Power of a national court to consider of its own motion the question whether national law is compatible with Community law)

2 . 3 . 96            EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                    No C 64/ 1
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                                              COURT OF JUSTICE
                                                        COURT OF JUSTICE
               JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                 Community law when the latter provision has not been
                     of 14 December 1995                             invoked by the litigant within a certain period.
in Case C-3 12/93 (reference for a preliminary ruling from           (') OJ No C 189 , 13 . 7 . 1993 .
the Cour d'Appel, Brussels ): Peterbroeck, Van Campenhout
                 & Cie SCS v. Belgian State (')
(Power ofa national court to consider ofits own motion the
question whether national law is compatible with
                        Community law)
                                                                                  JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                          ( 96/C 64/01 )
                                                                                        of 14 December 1995
                                                                     in Case C-3 17/93 (reference for a preliminary ruling
                (Language of the case: French)                       from the Sozialgericht Hannover): Inge Nolte v.
                                                                               Landesversicherungsanstalt Hannover ( 1 )
                                                                     (Equal treatment for men and women in matters of social
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be         security — Article 4 (1) ofDirective 79/7/EEC — Exclusion
          published in the European Court Reports)                   of minor employment from compulsory invalidity and
                                                                                            old-age insurance)
                                                                                                ( 96/C 64/02 )
In Case C-3 12/93 : reference to the Court under Article 177
of the EC Treaty from the Cour d'Appel, Brussels for a                             (Language of the case: German)
preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that
court between Peterbroeck, Van Campenhout & Cie SCS                  (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be
and Belgian State — on the interpretation of Community                       published in the European Court Reports)
law concerning the power of a national court to consider of
its own motion the question whether national law is                  In Case C-3 17/93 : reference to the Court under Article 177
compatible with Community law — the Court, composed                  of the EC Treaty from the Sozialgericht ( Social Court )
of: G. C. Rodriguez Iglesias, President, C. N. Kakouris, D.          Hannover, for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings
A. O. Edward, J. -P. Puissochet and G. Hirsch ( Presidents           pending before that court between Inge Nolte and
of Chambers ), G. F. Mancini ( Rapporteur ), F. A.                   Landesversicherungsanstalt Hannover — on the
Schockweiler, J. C. Moitinho de Almeida, P. J. G. Kapteyn,           interpretation of Article 4 ( 1 ) of Council Directive 79/7/EEC
C. Gulmann, J. L. Murray, P. Jann and H. Ragnemalm,                  of 19 December 1978 on the progressive implementation of
Judges; F. G. Jacobs, Advocate-General; R. Grass, Registrar,         the principle of equal treatment for men and women in
and H. A. Rühl , Principal Administrator, has given a                matters of social security ( OJ No L 6 , 1979 , p. 24 ) — the
judgment on 14 December 1995 , in which it rules :                   Court, composed of: G. C. Rodriguez Iglesias, President,
                                                                     C. N. Kakouris ( Rapporteur ), D. A. O. Edward and G.
                                                                     Hirsch ( Presidents of Chambers ), F. A. Schockweiler, J. C.
Community law precludes application of a domestic                    Moitinho de Almeida, P. J. G. Kapteyn, J. L. Murray, P.
procedural rule whose effect, in procedural circumstances            Jann, H. Ragnemalm and L. Sevón, Judges; P. Leger,
such as those in question in the main proceedings, is to             Advocate-General, D. Louterman-Hubeau, Principal
prevent the national court, seised of a matter falling within        Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on
its jurisdiction, from considering of its own motion whether          14 December 1995 , the operative part of which is as
a measure of domestic law is compatible with a provision of          follows :