CELEX: C2002/191/22
Language: en
Date: 2002-08-10 00:00:00
Title: Order of the Court of 26 April 2002 in Case C-454/00 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Corte d'Appello di Milano): VIS Farmaceutici Istituto scientifico delle Venezie SpA v Duphar International Research BV (Preliminary ruling — Inadmissibility)

10.8.2002                EN                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                           C 191/13
between Buchhändler-Vereinigung GmbH and Saur Verlag                         p. 1) — the Court, composed of: G.C. Rodrı́guez Iglesias,
GmbH & Co. KG, Die Deutsche Bibliothek, on the interpret-                    President, P. Jann, F. Macken, N. Colneric and S. von Bahr,
ation of Articles 1 and 8 of Council Directive 92/50/EEC of                  Presidents of Chamber, C. Gulmann (rapporteur),
18 June 1992 relating to the coordination of procedures for                  D. A. O. Edward, A. La Pergola, J.-P. Puissochet, M. Wathelet,
the award of public service contracts (OJ 1992 L 209, p. 1), as              V. Skouris, J. N. Cunha Rodrigues and C. W. A. Timmermans,
amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 97/                     Judges; C. Stix-Hackl, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar,
52/EC of 13 October 1997 (OJ 1997 L 328, p. 1), the Court                    has made an order on 26 April 2002, in which it has ruled:
(Second Chamber) composed of: N. Colneric, President of the
Chamber, R. Schintgen and V. Skouris (Rapporteur), Judges;
C. Stix-Hackl, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has made               The question referred by the Corte d’Appello di Milano by order of
an order on 30 May 2002, the operative part of which is as                   25 October 2000 is inadmissible.
follows:
                                                                             (1) OJ C 17, 19.1.2002.
A concession contract for public publishing services is excluded, under
Community law as it stands at present, from the scope of Council
Directive 92/50/EEC of 18 June 1992 relating to the coordination
of procedures for the award of public service contracts, as amended by
European Parliament and Council Directive 97/52/EC of 13 October
1997, even though, by reason of its specific object, it is covered by
Annex I A to that directive to which Article 8 thereof refers.
                                                                                                 ORDER OF THE COURT
(1) OJ C 355 of 9.12.2000.
                                                                                                       of 17 May 2002
                                                                             in Case C-406/01: Federal Republic of Germany v Euro-
                                                                               pean Parliament and Council of the European Union (1)
                     ORDER OF THE COURT                                      (Action for annulment — Manifest inadmissibility — Delay)
                          of 26 April 2002                                                             (2002/C 191/23)
in Case C-454/00 (reference for a preliminary ruling from                                       (Language of the case: German)
the Corte d’Appello di Milano): VIS Farmaceutici Istituto
scientifico delle Venezie SpA v Duphar International
                                                                             (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
                            Research BV (1)
                                                                                                in the European Court Reports)
            (Preliminary ruling — Inadmissibility)
                           (2002/C 191/22)                                   In Case C-406/01: Federal Republic of Germany (Agents:
                                                                             W.-D. Plessing and M. Lumma, assisted by J. Sedemund) v
                                                                             European Parliament (Agents: C. Pennera and E. Waldherr) and
                     (Language of the case: Italian)                         Council of the European Union (Agents: E. Karlsson and
                                                                             J.-P. Hix) — application for annulment of Article 3(1) in
                                                                             conjunction with Article 3(2) of Directive 2001/37/EC of the
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published       European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2001 on
                    in the European Court Reports)                           the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative
                                                                             provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture,
                                                                             presentation and sale of tobacco products (OJ 2001 L 194,
                                                                             p. 26), in so far as those provisions prohibit the manufacture
In Case C-454/00: reference to the Court under Article 234 EC                of cigarettes for export from the European Community to
from the Corte d’appello di Milano (Italy) for a preliminary                 non-Member States — the Court, composed of: G.C. Rodrı́guez
ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between                  Iglesias, President, P. Jann, F. Macken, N. Colneric and S. von
VIS Farmaceutici Istituto scientifico delle Venezie SpA and                  Bahr (Presidents of Chambers), C. Gulmann, D.A.O. Edward,
Duphar International Research BV, intervener: Consorzio                      A. La Pergola (Rapporteur), J.-P. Puissochet, M. Wathelet,
Produttori Principi Attivi Generici (CPA) — on the interpret-                R. Schintgen, V. Skouris, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, C.W.A. Tim-
ation of Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1768/92 of                 mermans and A. Rosas, Judges; C. Stix-Hackl, Advocate
18 June 1992 concerning the creation of a supplementary                      General; R. Grass, Registrar, made an order on 17 May 2002,
protection certificate for medicinal products (OJ 1992 L 182,                the operative part of which is as follows: