CELEX: C1998/055/12
Language: en
Date: 1998-02-20 00:00:00
Title: JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Sixth Chamber) of 16 December 1997 in Case C-316/96: Commission of the European Communities v. Italian Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directives 93/53/EEC, 93/54/EEC, 93/113/EC and 93/114/EC - Failure to transpose within the prescribed periods)

20.2.98               EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                       C 55/7
flora (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7), the Federal Republic of           Chamber), composed of: C. Gulmann (Rapporteur),
Germany has failed to fulfil its obligations under the EC            President of the Chamber, J. C. Moitinho de Almeida,
Treaty, Ð the Court (Fifth Chamber) composed of: C.                  D. A. O. Edward, J.-P. Puissochet and L. Sevón, Judges;
Gulmann (Rapporteur) President of the Chamber, M.                    N. Fennelly, Advocate-General; R. Grass, Registrar, has
Wathelet, J. C. Moitinho de Almeida, J.-P. Puissochet and            given a judgment on 11 December 1997, in which it:
L. Sevón, Judges; Advocate-General: N. Fennelly,
Registrar: R. Grass, has given a judgment on 11 December             1. declares that, by failing to adopt within the periods
1997, the operative part of which is as follows:                          prescribed all the laws, regulations and administrative
                                                                          provisions necessary to comply with
1. By failing to adopt within the prescribed period the
                                                                          Ð Commission Directive 93/72/EEC of 1 September
     laws, regulations and administrative provisions
                                                                              1993 adapting to technical progress for the 19th
     necessary to comply with Council Directive 92/43/
                                                                              time Council Directive 67/548/EEC on the
     EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural
                                                                              approximation of the laws, regulations and
     habitats and of wild fauna and flora, the Federal
                                                                              administrative      provisions   relating    to    the
     Republic of Germany has failed to fulfil its obligations
                                                                              classification, packaging and labelling of
     under Article 23 of that Directive.
                                                                              dangerous substances, and
2. The Federal Republic of Germany is ordered to pay                      Ð Commission Directive 93/101/EC of 11 November
     the costs.                                                               1993 adapting Directive 67/548/EEC to technical
                                                                              progress for the 20th time,
(1) OJ C 108, 5.4.1997.
                                                                          the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its
                                                                          obligations under Article 2(1) of those Directives;
                                                                     2. orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.
                                                                     (1) OJ C 199, 28.6.1997.
                JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                        (Fifth Chamber)
                     of 11 December 1997
in    Case   C-190/97: Commission of the European
           Communities v. Kingdom of Belgium (1)                                     JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                                                                                              (Sixth Chamber)
(Failure to fulfil obligations Ð Failure to transpose
           Directives 93/72/EEC and 93/101/EC)                                             of 16 December 1997
                          (98/C 55/11)                               in    Case   C-316/96: Commission of the             European
                                                                                   Communities v. Italian Republic (1)
                                                                     (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations Ð
                 (Language of the case: French)
                                                                     Directives 93/53/EEC, 93/54/EEC, 93/113/EC and
                                                                     93/114/EC Ð Failure to transpose within the prescribed
                                                                                                   periods)
  (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be
          published in the European Court Reports)                                              (98/C 55/12)
                                                                                      (Language of the case: Italian)
In Case C-190/97: Commission of the European
Communities (Agent: Götz zur Hausen) v. Kingdom of
Belgium (Agent: Jan Devadder) Ð application for a                      (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be
declaration that, by failing to adopt all the laws,                            published in the European Court Reports)
regulations and administrative provisions necessary to
comply with Commission Directive 93/72/EEC of                        In Case C-316/96: Commission of the European
1 September 1993 adopting to technical progress for the              Communities (Agent: Paolo Ziotti) v. Italian Republic
19th time Council Directive 67/548/EEC on the                        (Agent: Professor Umberto Leanza, assisted by Oscar
approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative            Fiumara) Ð application for a declaration that, by failing
provisions relating to the classification, packaging and             to bring into force within the prescribed periods the laws,
labelling of dangerous substances (OJ L 258, 16.10.1993,             regulations and administrative provisions necessary to
p. 29), and Commission Directive 93/101/EC of                        comply with Council Directive 93/53/EEC of 24 June
11 November 1993 adapting Directive 67/548/EEC to                    1993 introducing minimum Community measures for the
technical progress for the 20th time (OJ L 13, 15.1.1994,            control of certain fish diseases (OJ L 175, 19.7.1993,
p. 1), the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its               p. 23), Council Directive 93/54/EEC of 24 June 1993
obligations under those Directives Ð the Court (Fifth                amending Directive 91/67/EEC concerning the animal
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health conditions governing the placing on the market of              Administrativo (Portuguese Supreme Administrative
aquaculture animals and products (OJ L 175, 19.7.1993,                Court) for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending
p. 34), Council Directive 93/113/EC of 14 December 1993               before that court between FaÂbrica de Queijo Eru Portu-
concerning the use and marketing of enzymes, micro-                   guesa Ld..a and Subdirector-Geral das AlfaÃndegas; joined
organisms and their preparations in animal nutrition (OJ              as a party: MinisteÂrio PuÂblico Ð on the interpretation of
L 334, 31.12.1993, p. 17) and Council Directive 93/114/               Article 14(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1999/85 of
EC of 14 December 1993 amending Directive 70/524/EEC                  16 July 1985 on inward processing relief arrangements
concerning additives in feedingstuffs (OJ L 334,                      (OJ L 188, 20.7.1985, p. 1) and Articles 27 and 28 of
31.12.1993, p. 24), the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil         Council Regulation (EEC) No 3677/86 of 24 November
its obligations under those Directives and the EC Treaty              1986 laying down provisions for the implementation of
Ð the Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of: H.                          Regulation (EEC) No 1999/85 (OJ L 351, 12.12.1986,
Ragnemalm (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber, R.                  p. 1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC)
Schintgen, G. F. Mancini, P. J. G. Kapteyn and G. Hirsch,             No 2281/88 of 25 July 1988 (OJ L 200, 26.7.1988, p. 20)
Judges; N. Fennelly, Advocate-General; L. Hewlett,                    Ð the Court (Fourth Chamber), composed of: H.
Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on             Ragnemalm (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber,
16 December 1997, in which it:                                        P. J. G. Kapteyn and J. L. Murray, Judges; D. Ruiz-Jarabo
                                                                      Colomer, Advocate-General; H. A. Rühl, Principal
1. declares that, by failing to bring into force within the           Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on
     prescribed periods the laws, regulations and                     16 December 1997, in which it has ruled:
     administrative provisions necessary to comply with
     Council Directive 93/53/EEC of 24 June 1993                      Article 28 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3677/86 of
     introducing minimum Community measures for the                   24 November 1986 laying down provisions for the
     control of certain fish diseases, Council Directive 93/          implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1999/85 on
     113/EC of 14 December 1993 concerning the use and                inward processing relief arrangements, as amended by
     marketing of enzymes, micro-organisms and their                  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2281/88 of 25 July
     preparations in animal nutrition and Council Directive           1988, must be interpreted as meaning that the time-limits
     93/114/EC of 14 December 1993 amending Directive                 for re-export laid down therein may not be extended.
     70/524/EEC concerning additives in feedingstuffs, the
     Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations
     under the first subparagraph of Article 20(1) of                 (1) OJ C 354, 23.11.1996.
     Directive 93/53/EEC, the first subparagraph of
     Article 8(1) of Directive 93/113/EC and the first
     subparagraph of Article 2(1) of Directive 93/114/EC;
2. orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs.
                                                                                    JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(1) OJ C 336, 9.11.1996.                                                                     (Sixth Chamber)
                                                                                          of 16 December 1997
                                                                      in    Case C-341/96: Commission of the European
                                                                            Communities v. Federal Republic of Germany (1)
                JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                 (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations Ð
                                                                      Directive 93/36/EEC Ð Failure to transpose within the
                       (Fourth Chamber)                                                     prescribed period)
                     of 16 December 1997                                                       (98/C 55/14)
in Case C-325/96 (reference for a preliminary ruling from
the Supremo Tribunal Administrativo): FaÂbrica de Queijo
                                                                                    (Language of the case: German)
Eru Portuguesa Ld..a v. Subdirector-Geral das AlfaÃndegas;
            joined as a party: MinisteÂrio PuÂblico (1)
(Inward processing relief arrangements Ð Special                        (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be
arrangements for milk sector products Ð Extension of the                       published in the European Court Reports)
                     time-limit for export)
                          (98/C 55/13)                                In Case C-341/96: Commission of the European
                                                                      Communities (Agent: Claudia Schmidt) v. Federal
               (Language of the case: Portuguese)                     Republic of Germany (Agents: Ernst Röder and Bernd
                                                                      Kloke) Ð application for a declaration that, by failing to
                                                                      adopt within the prescribed period all the laws and
  (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be        regulations necessary to comply with Council Directive
          published in the European Court Reports)                    93/36/EEC of 14 June 1993 coordinating procedures for
                                                                      the award of public supply contracts (OJ L 199, 9.8.1993,
In Case C-325/96: reference to the Court under Article 177            p. 1) and, in the alternative, by failing to notify the
of the EC Treaty from the Supremo Tribunal                            Commission immediately of the measures adopted in