CELEX: C1996/354/03
Language: en
Date: 1996-11-23 00:00:00
Title: JUDGMENT OF THE COURT of 10 September 1996 in Case C-222/94: Commission of the European Communities, supported by French Republic, v. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Failure to fulfil obligations - Directive 89/552/EEC - Telecommunications - Television broadcasting - Jurisdiction over broadcasters)

No C 354/2            EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                         23 . 11 . 96
p. 1 ) — the Court, composed of: G. C. Rodriguez Iglesias ,          United Kingdom has failed to fulfil its obligations under
President, D. A. O. Edward, J. -P. Puissochet ( Rapporteur )         Article 2 ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) and Article 3 ( 2 ) of that Directive — the
and G. Hirsch, Presidents of Chambers , G. F. Mancini , J. C.        Court, composed of: G. C. Rodriguez Iglesias, President,
Moitinho de Almeida, P. J. G. Kapteyn, C. Gulmann and                C. N. Kakouris, D. A. O. Edward, J. -P. Puissochet and G.
J. L. Murray, Judges; G. Tesauro, Advocate-General ; D.              Hirsch ( Presidents of Chambers ), G. F. Mancini, J. C.
Louterman-Hubeau, Principal Administrator, for the                   Moitinho de Almeida , P. J. G. Kapteyn ( Rapporteur ), C.
Registrar, gave a judgment on 10 September 1 996 , in which          Gulmann , J. L. Murray, P. Jann, H. Ragnemalm and L.
it :                                                                 Sevón, Judges ; C. O. Lenz, Advocate-General ; D.
                                                                     Louterman-Hubeau , Principal Administrator, for the
1 . declares that, by authorizing the importation under              Registrar, has given a judgment on 10 September 1996 , in
                                                                     which it :
     inward processing reliefarrangements of dairy products
     whose customs value was lower than the minimum
     prices set under the International Dairy Arrangement,           1 . declares that, by adopting, with respect to satellite
     approved on behalf of the Community by Council                       broadcasts, the criteria set forth in section 43 of the
     Decision 80/271 /EEC of 10 December 1 979 concerning                 Broadcasting Act 1990 for the purpose of determining
     the conclusion of the Multilateral Agreements resulting              which satellite broadcasters fall under the jurisdiction of
     from the 1973 to 1979 trade negotiations, the Federal                the United Kingdom and, in the context of that
     Republic of Germany has failed to fulfil its obligations             jurisdiction, by applying different regimes to domestic
     under Article 6 (1 ) (a) of Annex I and Article 6 (a) of             satellite services and non-domestic satellite services, and
     Annexes II and III to that Arrangement, and under                    by exercising control over broadcasts which are
     Council Regulation (EEC) No 1999/85 of 16 July 1985                  transmitted by broadcasters falling under the
     on inward processing relief arrangements;                            jurisdiction of other Member States when those
                                                                          broadcasts are transmitted by a non-domestic satellite
2 . dismisses the remainder of the application;                           service or conveyed to the public as a licensable
                                                                          programme service, the United Kingdom has failed to
                                                                          fulfil its obligations under Article 2 (1 ) and (2) and
3 . orders the Federal Republic of Germany to pay the                     Article 3 (2) of Council Directive 89/552/EEC of
     costs .
                                                                          3 October 1989 on the coordination of certain
                                                                          provisions laid down by law, regulation or
(') OJ No C 90 , 26 . 3 . 1994 .                                          administrative action in Member States concerning the
                                                                          pursuit of television broadcasting activities;
                                                                     2 . orders the United Kingdom to pay the costs;
                                                                     3 . orders the French Republic to pay its own costs .
               JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                     of 10 September 1996                            (') OJ No C 275 , 1.10 . 1994 .
in Case C-222/94: Commission of the European
Communities , supported by French Republic, v. United
     Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ( ! )
 (Failure to fulfil obligations — Directive 89/552/EEC —
 Telecommunications — Television broadcasting —
                Jurisdiction over broadcasters)                                      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                          ( 96/C 354/03 )                                                   of 10 September 1996
                                                                         in Case C-277/94 ( reference for a preliminary ruling
                (Language of the case: English)                      from the Arrondissementsrechtbank, Amsterdam ): Z.
                                                                     Taflan-Met, S. Altun-Baser and E. Andal-Bugdayci v.
 (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be        Bestuur van de Sociale Verzekeringsbank, and O. Akol v.
         published in the European Court Reports)                       Bestuur van de Nieuwe Algemene Bedrijfsvereniging (')
                                                                     (EEC-Turkey Association Agreement — Decision of the
In Case C-222/94 : Commission of the European                        Association Council — Social Security — Entry into force —
 Communities ( Agents : Christopher Docksey and Berend Jan                                        Direct effect)
Drijber ), supported by the French Republic ( Agents : Edwige                                    ( 96/C 354/04 )
 Belliard and Jean-Louis Falconi ), against the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ( Agent:                                 (Language of the case: Dutch)
John E. Collins, assisted by Stephen Richards and Rhodri
Thompson ) — application for a declaration that, by failing
 to implement correctly Council Directive 89/552/EEC of              (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be
 3 October 1989 on the coordination of certain provisions                      published in the European Court Reports)
 laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in
 Member States concerning the pursuit of television                  In Case C-277/94 : reference to the Court under Article 177
 broadcasting activities ( OJ No L 298 , 1989 , p. 23 ), the         of the EC Treaty by the Arrondissementsrechtbank [District