CELEX: C1996/077/17
Language: en
Date: 1996-03-16 00:00:00
Title: Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Social Security Commissioner, by decision of 17 January 1996, in the case of Kelvin Albert Snares against the Adjudication Officer (Case C-20/96)

No C 77/8                 EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                           16 . 3 . 96
       the constituents referred to in paragraph 1 ( a ) of              Travail ( Labour Court ), Nivelles, of 16 January 1996 ,
       Section I of Annex I ( for example, in the case of water          which was received at the Court Registry on 22 January
       with a low sodium content)?                                       1996, for a preliminary ruling in the case of Vito Casano
                                                                         against ( 1 ) Institut National d'Assurance Maladie Invalidite
3 . How are the expressions 'properties favourable to                    and ( 2 ) Union Nationale des Mutualites Libres on the
       health' in paragraph 2 of Section I of Annex I and                following questions:
       'certain effects' in paragraph 1 ( a ) of Section I ( see also
       point 1.4.1 of Section II of Annex I ) to be differentiated
       from one another ?                                                1 . Where an authority in a Member State does not comply
                                                                             with Article 51 of Council Regulation ( EEC )
(') OJ No L 229, 1980, p. 1 .                                                No 1408/71 on the application of social security
                                                                             schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons
                                                                             and to members of their families moving within the
                                                                             Community ( ] ), is the adjustment to the entitlement of
                                                                             the invalid worker affected to take effect from the date
Action brought on 19 January 1996 by the Commission of                       on which the invalidity benefit first became payable or
the European Communities against the Kingdom of                              from the date falling two years prior to the worker's
                                Belgium                                      application for rectification, as laid down by the
                                                                             national legislation of the Member State concerned, in
                           ( Case C- 18/96 )
                                                                             this case, Article 106 of the Law of 9 August 1963
                             ( 96/C 77/ 15 )                                 setting up and organizing a scheme for compulsory
                                                                             insurance against sickness and invalidity ?
An action against the Kingdom of Belgium was brought
before the Court of Justice of the European Communities on
19 January 1996 by the Commission of the European                        2 . Is it for the national legislation of each Member State to
Communities, representend by Hendrik van Lier and                            determine the limitation period applicable to claims by
Jean-Francis Pasquier, acting as Agents, with an address for                 migrant workers for invalidity pensions ?
service in Luxembourg at the office of Carlos Gomez de la
Cruz, of its Legal Service, Wagner Centre, Kirchberg.                    (') OJ, English Special Edition 1971(11 ), p. 416 .
The Commission of the European Communities claims that
the Court should :
— declare that, by failing to adopt within the prescribed
      period the laws, regulations or administrative provisions
      necessary to comply with Council Directive
      91/338/EEC ( 1 ) of 18 June 1991 relating to restrictions          Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Social Security
      on the marketing and use of certain dangerous
                                                                         Commissioner, by decision of 17 January 1996, in the case
      substances and preparations, the Kingdom of Belgium                 of Kelvin Albert Snares against the Adjudication Officer
      has failed to fulfil its obligations under the Treaty,
                                                                                                  ( Case C-20/96 )
— order the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.                                                    ( 96/C 77/ 17
Pleas in law and main arguments:
                                                                         Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the
The pleas in law and main arguments are analogous to those               European Communities by a decision of the Social Security
in Case C-5/96 (2); the time limit for transposition expired             Commissioner of 17 January 1996 , which was received at
on 31 December 1992 .                                                    the Court Registry on 22 January 1996 , for a preliminary
                                                                         ruling in the case of Kelvin Albert Snares against the
O OJ No L 186 , 12 . 7. 1991 , p . 59 .                                  Adjudication Officer, on the following questions:
( 2 ) See Case C-5/96 above .
                                                                         1 . Is the effect of the terms of Articles 4 ( 2 ) ( a ) and 10 ( a ) of
                                                                             Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971
                                                                             on the application of social security schemes to
Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Tribunal du                        employed persons and their families moving within the
Travail, Nivelles, by judgment of that court of 16 January                   Community (*), as inserted by Regulation ( EEC ) No
1996 in the case of Vito Casano v. ( 1 ) Institut National                   1247/92 ( 2 ) with effect from 1 June 1992 , to remove
d'Assurance Maladie Invalidite and ( 2 ) Union Nationale des                 from the scope of Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No
                          Mutualites Libres                                  1408/71 a benefit which prior to 1 June 1992 would
                                                                             have been accepted, in the case of a person who by
                           ( Case C- 19/96 )                                 reason of previous occupational activity was or had
                               96/C 77/16                                    been covered by the social security legislation of the
                                                                             relevant Member State, as falling within the scope of
Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the                       Article 4(1 ), with the consequence that a person who
European Communities by judgment of the Tribunal du                          after 1 June 1992 becomes entitled to such a benefit
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      under the legislation of one Member State may not rely            Is Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 1531/88 (') of 31 May
      on the provisions of Article 10 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC )       1988 valid ?
      No 1408/71 in order to challenge a withdrawal of
      entitlement on the sole ground that the person resides in         (') Imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of
      the territory of another Member State ?                                 potassium permanganate originating in the People's Republic of
                                                                              China ( OJ No L 138 , 1988 , p. 1 ).
2. If the answer to question 1 is yes, is Regulation ( EEC )
      No 1247/92 made within the powers granted by the
      Treaty of Rome, and in particular by Articles 5 1 and 235
      of that Treaty ?
(') OJ No L 149, 1971 , p . 2 .                                         Reference for a preliminary ruling by judgment of the
( 2 ) OJ No L 136 , 19 . 5 . 1992 , p . 1 .                             Supremo Tribunal Administrativo ( Second Chamber —
                                                                        Tax matters ) of 4 October 1995 in the proceedings
                                                                        pending before that court between Fazenda Publica and
                                                                                                     Fricarnes SA
                                                                                                  ( Case C-2 8/96 )
                                                                                                     ( 96/C 77/20 )
Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Pretura
Circondariale di Roma — Sezione Distaccata di Tivoli by
                                                                        Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the
orders of that court of 10 January 1996 in criminal
                                                                        European Communities by judgment of the Second
proceedings against Vittorio Ianilli and Francesco
                               Cannizzaro
                                                                        Chamber for tax matters of the Supremo Tribunal
                                                                        Administrativo ( Supreme Administrative Court ) of
                 ( Cases C-24/96 and C-25/96 )                          4 October 1995 , which was received at the Court Registry
                             ( 96/C 77/ 18 )                            on 1 February 1996 , for a preliminary ruling in the
                                                                        proceedings pending before that court between Fazenda
                                                                        Publica ( tax authorities ) and Fricarnes SA on the following
Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the
                                                                        questions :
European Communities by orders of the Pretura
Circondariale di Roma — Sezione Distaccata di Tivoli
( Rome District Magistrate's Court, Tivoli Division ) of                1 . Are the 'charges' described, which have                      the
10 January 1996 , which were received at the Court Registry                   characteristics described above, contrary                   to
on 29 January 1996 , for a preliminary ruling in ciriminal                    Article 95 ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) of the Treaty of Rome ?
proceedings against Vittorio Ianilli and Francesco
Cannizzaro . The questions referred by the Pretura                      2 . Are they to be regarded as charges having an effect
Circondariale di Roma — Sezione Distaccata di Tivoli to the
                                                                              equivalent to a customs duty on imports, prohibited by
Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling are identical with                   Articles 9 and 12 of that Treaty ?
those in Case C-58/95 ( 1 ).
                                                                        3 . Are they to be regarded as turnover taxes within the
(') OJ No C 119 , 13 . 5 . 1995 , p . 6 .
                                                                               meaning of Article 33 of the Sixth Directive (^ without
                                                                               prejudice to Article 378 of the Act of Accession ( 2 ) or any
                                                                               other Community legislation ?
                                                                        (>) OJ No L 145 , 13 . 6 . 1977, p . 1 .
                                                                        ( 2 ) OJ No L 302 , 15 . 11 . 1985 , p . 135 .
Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Finanzgericht
Hamburg by order of that court of 10 January 1996 in the
case of Rotexchemie International Handels GmbH & Co . v.
              Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Waltershof
                           ( Case C-26/96 )
                             ( 96/C 77/19 )                                     Removal from the register of Case C-263/94 ( 1 )
                                                                                                     ( 96/C 77/21 )
Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the
European Communities by order of the Finanzgericht                      By order of 13 November 1995 the President of the Court of
Hamburg — Fourth Chamber of the Joint Chamber of the                    Justice of the European Communities ordered the removal
Finanzgericht Hamburg for the Länder of the Free and                    from the register of Case C-263/94 : Commission of the
Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Lower Saxony and                             European Communities v. Kingdom of the Netherlands .
Schleswig-Holstein — of 10 January 1996 , which was
received at the Court Registry on 30 January 1996 , for a
                                                                        H OJ No C 304 , 29 . 10 . 1994 .
preliminary ruling in the case of Rotexchemie International
Handels GmbH & Co . v. Hauptzollamt Ham­
burg-Waltershof on the following question :