CELEX: C1997/212/08
Language: en
Date: 1997-07-12 00:00:00
Title: JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Fifth Chamber) of 29 May 1997 in Case C-26/96 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Hamburg): Rotexchemie International Handels GmbH & Co. v. Hauptzollamt Hamburg- Waltershof (Dumping - Potassium permanganate - Reference country)

No C 212/4               EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                      12 . 7. 97
                JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                                  JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                           ( Sixth Chamber)                                                        (Fifth Chamber)
                           of 29 May 1997
                                                                                                   of 29 May 1997
in Case C-400/95 (reference for a preliminary ruling from
the Sø- og Handelsret): Handels- og Kontorfunktionaerer­                in Case C-26/96 (reference for a preliminary ruling from
nes Forbund i Danmark, acting on behalf of Helle                        the Finanzgericht Hamburg): Rotexchemie International
Elisabeth Larsson v. Dansk Handel & Service, acting on                  Handels GmbH & Co. v. Hauptzollamt Hamburg­
             behalf of Føtex Supermarked A/S ( 1 )                                                  Waltershof (')
(Equal treatment of men and women — Directive 76/207/                         (Dumping — Potassium permanganate — Reference
EEC — Conditions governing dismissal — Absence due to                                                   country)
an illness attributable to pregnancy or confinement —
       Absence during pregnancy and after confinement)                                              { 97/C 212/08
                             ( 97/C 212/07 )
                                                                                        (Language of the case: German)
                 (Language of the case: Danish)
   (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be
          published in the European Court Reports)                         (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be
                                                                                  published in the European Court Reports)
In Case C-400/95 : reference to the Court pursuant to
Article 177 of the EC Treaty from the Sø- og Handelsret
 ( Maritime and Commercial Court), Copenhagen, for a                    In Case C-26/96 : reference to the Court pursuant to
preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that               Article 177 of the EC Treaty from the Finanzgericht
court between Handels- og Kontorfunktionærernes For­                    ( Finance Court) Hamburg ( Germany ), for a preliminary
 bund i Danmark, acting on behalf of Helle Elisabeth                    ruling in the proceedings pending before that court
Larsson and Dansk Handel & Service, acting on behalf of                 between Rotexchemie International Handels GmbH &
Føtex Supermarked A/S — on the interpretation of                        Co . and Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Waltershof — on the
 Articles 5 ( 1 ) and 2 ( 1 ) of Council Directive 76/207/EEC           validity of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 1531 /88 of
 of 9 February 1976 on the implementation of the principle              31 May 1988 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on
 of equal treatment for men and women as regards access                 imports of potassium permanganate originating in the
 to employment, vocational training and promotion, and                  People's Republic of China and definitively collecting the
 working conditions ( OJ No L 39, 14 . 2 . 1976 , p. 40 ) —             provisional anti-dumping duty imposed on those imports
 the Court ( Sixth Chamber), composed of: G. F. Mancini,                 ( OJ No L 138 , 3 . 6 . 1988 , p. 1 ) — the Court ( Fifth
 President of the Chamber, J. L. Murray, P. J. G. Kapteyn                Chamber ), composed of: J. C. Moitinho de Almeida,
 ( Rapporteur ), G. Hirsch and H. Ragnemalm, Judges; D.                 President of the Chamber, L. Sevón, C. Gulmann, J. -P.
 Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, Advocate-General; H. von Holstein,                Puissochet ( Rapporteur ) and P. Jann, Judges; D. Ruiz­
 Deputy Registrar, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on                Jarabo Colomer, Advocate-General; L.                    Hewlett,
 29 May 1997, the operative part of which is as follows:                Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on
                                                                         29 May 1997, in which it has ruled :
  Without prejudice to the provisions of national law
 adopted pursuant to Article 2 (3) of Council Directive 76/
 207/EEC of 9 February 1976 on the implementation of                     Consideration of the question referred has revealed no
  the principle of equal treatment for men and women as                  factor of such a kind as to affect the validity of Council
  regards access to employment, vocational training and                  Regulation (EEC) No 1531 /88 of 31 May 1988 imposing
 promotion, and working conditions, Article 5 (1 ), in                   a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of potassium
  conjunction with Article 2 (1 ), of that Directive does not            permanganate originating in the People 's Republic of
  preclude dismissals which are the result of absences due to             China and definitively collecting the provisional anti­
  an illness attributable to pregnancy or confinement, even               dumping duty imposed on those imports.
  where that illness arose during pregnancy and continued
  during and after maternity leave.
                                                                          (') OJ No C 77, 16 . 3 . 1996 .
  (') OJ No C 46 , 17 . 2 . 1996 .