CELEX: C1999/204/25
Language: en
Date: 1999-07-17 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of 11 May 1999 in Case C-255/97 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Handelsgericht Wien): Pfeiffer Großhandel GmbH v Löwa Warenhandel GmbH (Articles 30 and 52 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Articles 28 EC and 43 EC) - Industrial and commercial property - Trade name)

C 204/14                  EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                           17.7.1999
                   JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                    stelltenbetriebsrat der Wiener Gebietskrankenkasse v Wiener
                                                                            Gebietskrankenkasse — on the interpretation of Article 119
                            of 11 May 1999                                  of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Article 141 EC) and
                                                                            Council Directive 75/117/EEC of 10 February 1975 on the
in Case C-255/97 (reference for a preliminary ruling from                   approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to
the Handelsgericht Wien): Pfeiffer Großhandel GmbH v                        the application of the principle of equal pay for men and
                   Löwa Warenhandel GmbH (1)                                women (OJ 1975 L 45, p. 19) — the Court, composed of:
                                                                            G.C. Rodrı́guez Iglesias, President, J.-P. Puissochet (Rappor-
(Articles 30 and 52 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment,                 teur), G. Hirsch and P. Jann, Presidents of Chambers, J.C.
Articles 28 EC and 43 EC) — Industrial and commercial                       Moitinho de Almeida, C. Gulmann, D.A.O. Edward, H. Ragne-
                       property — Trade name)                               malm and M. Wathelet, Judges; G. Cosmas, Advocate General;
                                                                            D. Louterman-Hubeau, Principal Administrator, for the Regis-
                            (1999/C 204/25)                                 trar, has given a judgment on 11 May 1999, in which it has
                                                                            ruled:
                    (Language of the case: German)
                                                                            The term ‘the same work’ does not apply, for the purposes of Article
                                                                            119 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Article 141 EC) or
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published      Council Directive 75/117/EEC of 10 February 1975 on the
                     in the European Court Reports)                         approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the
                                                                            application of the principle of equal pay for men and women, where
In Case C-255/97: reference to the Court under Article 234                  the same activities are performed over a considerable length of time
EC (ex Article 177) from the Handelsgericht Wien (Austria) for              by persons the basis of whose qualification to exercise their profession
a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that                 is different.
court between Pfeiffer Großhandel GmbH and Löwa Waren-
handel GmbH — on the interpretation of Articles 30 and 52
of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Articles 28 EC and                  (1) OJ C 331 of 1.11.1997.
43 EC) — the Court, composed of G.C. Rodrı́guez Iglesias,
President, P.J.G. Kapteyn and P. Jann, Presidents of Chambers,
J.C. Moitinho de Almeida, C. Gulmann (Rapporteur), J.L. Mur-
ray, H. Ragnemalm, L. Sevón and M. Wathelet, Judges; J.
Mischo, Advocate General; H. von Holstein, Deputy Registrar,
for the Registrar, has given a judgment or 11 May 1999, in                                   JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
which it has ruled:
                                                                                                      (Fifth Chamber)
Articles 30 and 52 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Articles
28 EC and 43 EC) do not preclude a provision of national law which                                    of 11 May 1999
prohibits, where there is a risk of confusion, the use of a trade name
as the specific designation of an undertaking.                              in Case C-350/97 (reference for a preliminary ruling
                                                                            from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof): Wilfried Monsees v
(1) OJ C 271 of 6.9.1997.
                                                                                    Unabhängiger Verwaltungssenat für Kärnten (1)
                                                                            (Articles 30, 34 and 36 of the EC Treaty (now, after
                                                                            amendment, Articles 28, 29 and 30 EC) — Free movement
                                                                            of goods — Prohibition of quantitative restrictions and
                                                                            measures having equivalent effect — Derogations — Protec-
                   JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                    tion of health and life of animals — International transport
                                                                                              of live animals for slaughter)
                            of 11 May 1999
                                                                                                      (1999/C 204/27)
in Case C-309/97 (reference for a preliminary ruling from
the Oberlandesgericht Wien): Angestelltenbetriebsrat der                                       (Language of the case: German)
Wiener Gebietskrankenkasse v Wiener Gebietskranken-
                                kasse (1)
                                                                            (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
                  (Equal pay for men and women)                                                in the European Court Reports)
                            (1999/C 204/26)                                 In Case C-350/97: reference to the Court under Article
                                                                            234 EC (ex Article 177) by the Verwaltungsgerichtshof
                                                                            (Administrative Court), Austria, for a preliminary ruling in the
                    (Language of the case: German)                          proceedings pending before that court between Wilfried
                                                                            Monsees and Unabhängiger Verwaltungssenat für Kärnten,
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published      Joined party: Bundesminister für Wissenschaft und Verkehr —
                     in the European Court Reports)                         on the interpretation of Articles 30, 34 and 36 of the EC
                                                                            Treaty (now, after amendment, Articles 28, 29 and 30 EC) and
In Case C-309/97: reference to the Court under Article 234                  other provisions of Community law relating to the transport
EC (ex Article 177) by the Oberlandesgericht Wien (Higher                   of live animals for slaughter — the Court (Fifth Chamber),
Regional Court), Vienna, Austria for a preliminary ruling in                composed of: J.-P. Puissochet, President of the Chamber,
the proceedings pending before that court between Ange-                     J.C. Moitinho de Almeida, C. Gulmann, D.A.O. Edward and