CELEX: C2001/317/02
Language: en
Date: 2001-11-10 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 13 September 2001 in Case C-169/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof): Hans Schwarzkopf GmbH & Co. KG v Zentrale zur Bekämpfung unlauteren Wettbewerbs eV (Article 6(1)(d), last sentence, of Directive 76/768/EEC, as amended by Directive 93/35/EEC — Prescribed labelling "impossible for practical reasons" — Justification for putting abbreviated forms of compulsory warnings on the containers and packaging of cosmetic products — Information provided in nine languages in the interests of greater flexibility in the marketing of cosmetic products)

10.11.2001              EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                              C 317/1
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                                                     COURT OF JUSTICE
                                                               COURT OF JUSTICE
                 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                       2.    Orders SIVU du plan d’eau de la Vallée du Lot, otherwise
                                                                                   known as SIVU du pays d’accueil de la Vallée du Lot, and
                                                                                   Hydro-Réalisations SARL jointly and severally to pay the
                         (Third Chamber)                                           Commission of the European Communities the sum of
                                                                                   EUR 35 404,78, together with contractual interest with effect
                        of 2 October 2001                                          from 30 October 1998 until discharge of the debt in full.
                                                                             3.    Dismisses the remainder of the application by SIVU du plan
in Case C-172/97 OP: SIVU du plan d’eau de la Vallée du                            d’eau de la Vallée du Lot, otherwise known as SIVU du pays
Lot, otherwise known as SIVU du pays d’accueil de la                               d’accueil de la Vallée du Lot.
Vallée du Lot v Commission of the European Communi-                          4.    Orders SIVU du plan d’eau de la Vallée du Lot, otherwise
             ties and Hydro-Réalisations SARL (1)                                  known as SIVU du pays d’accueil de la Vallée du Lot, and the
                                                                                   Commission of the European Communities to bear their own
                                                                                   costs in this application.
(Arbitration clause — Non-performance of a contract —
    Proceedings to have a judgment by default set aside)
                                                                             (1) OJ C 226 of 7.8.1999.
                          (2001/C 317/01)
                    (Language of the case: French)                                             JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                                                                                                        (Fifth Chamber)
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
                   in the European Court Reports)                                                   of 13 September 2001
                                                                             in Case C-169/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from
In Case C-172/97 OP: SIVU du plan d’eau de la Vallée du Lot,                 the Bundesgerichtshof): Hans Schwarzkopf GmbH & Co.
otherwise known as SIVU du pays d’accueil de la Vallée du Lot,               KG v Zentrale zur Bekämpfung unlauteren Wettbewerbs
established in La Canourgue (France) (Avocat: T. Vernhet) —                                                    eV (1)
application to have the judgment by default delivered by the
Court of Justice of the European Communities (Third Chamber)                 (Article 6(1)(d), last sentence, of Directive 76/768/EEC, as
on 10 June 1999 in Case C-172/97 Commission v SIVU and                       amended by Directive 93/35/EEC — Prescribed labelling
Hydro-Réalisations [1999] ECR I-3363 set aside, the other                    ‘impossible for practical reasons’ — Justification for putting
parties to the proceedings being: Commission of the European                 abbreviated forms of compulsory warnings on the containers
Communities, (Agents: initially R.B. Wainwright and O. Couv-                 and packaging of cosmetic products — Information provided
ert-Castéra, and, subsequently, R.B. Wainwright and J.-F. Pas-               in nine languages in the interests of greater flexibility in the
quier) and Hydro-Réalisations SARL, established in Rodez                                      marketing of cosmetic products)
(France) — the Court (Third Chamber), composed of: C. Gul-
                                                                                                         (2001/C 317/02)
mann, President of the Chamber, J.-P. Puissochet (Rapporteur)
and F. Macken, Judges; S. Alber, Advocate General; R. Grass,                                     (Language of the case: German)
Registrar, has given a judgment on 20 October 2001, in which
it:                                                                          (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
                                                                                                  in the European Court Reports)
1.    Sets aside point 1 of the operative part of the judgment by            In Case C-169/99: reference to the Court under Article 234 of
      default of 10 June 1999 in Case C-172/97 Commission v                  the EC Treaty from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) for a
      SIVU and Hydro-Réalisations.                                           preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that
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court between Hans Schwarzkopf GmbH & Co. KG and                             a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that
Zentrale zur Bekämpfung unlauteren Wettbewerbg eV — on                       court between Rudy Grzelczyk and Centre public d’aide sociale
the interpretation of the last sentence of Article 6(1)(d) of                d’Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve — on the interpretation of
Council Directive 76/768/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the                          Articles 6, 8 and 8a of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment,
approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to                   Articles 12 EC, 17 EC and 18 EC) and Council Directive
cosmetic products (OJ 1976 L 262, p. 169), as amended by                     93/96/EEC of 29 October 1993 on the right of residence for
Council Directive 93/35/EEC of 14 June 1993 (OJ 1993 L 151,                  students (OJ 1993 L 317, p. 59) — the Court, composed of:
p. 32), in conjunction with Articles 30 and 36 of the EC Treaty              G.C. Rodrı́guez Iglesias, President, C. Gulmann, M. Wathelet
(now, after amendment, Articles 28 EC and 30 EC) — the                       and V. Skouris (Presidents of Chambers), D.A.O. Edward.
Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of: A. La Pergola, President                 (Rapporteur), P. Jann, L. Sevón, R. Schintgen and F. Macken,
of the Chamber, M. Wathelet, D.A.O. Edward (Rapporteur),                     Judges; S. Alber, Advocate General; D. Louterman-Hubeau,
P. Jann and L. Sevón, Judges; J. Mischo, Advocate General;                  Head of Division, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on
H.A: Rühl, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given             20 September 2001, in which it has ruled:
a judgment on 13 September 2001, in which it has ruled:
                                                                             Articles 6 and 8 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Articles 12
It is not ‘impossible for practical reasons’, within the meaning of the      EC and 17 EC) preclude entitlement to a non-contributory social
last sentence of Article 6(1)(d) of Council Directive 76/768/EEC of          benefit, such as the minimex, from being made conditional, in the
27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member                  case of nationals of Member States other than the host State where
States relating to cosmetic products, as amended by Council Directive        they are legally resident, on their falling within the scope of
93/35/EEC of 14 June 1993, to set out the compulsory warnings                Regulation No 1612/68 of the Council of 15 October 1968 on the
in full on the container and packaging of a cosmetic product in the          freedom of movement for workers within the Community when no
language or languages prescribed in the Member State in which it is          such condition applies to nationals of the host Member State.
to be marketed, where the producer or distributor wishes to label the
product in nine languages, including eight official languages of the
Community, for economic considerations and in order to facilitate the
movement of the product within the Community, and this entails               (1) OJ C 204 of 17.7.1999.
abbreviating those warnings on the container and packaging.
(1) OJ C 188 of 3.7.1999.
                                                                                              JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                                                (Sixth Chamber)
                       of 20 September 2001                                                       of 27 September 2001
in Case C-184/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from                    in Case C-253/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from
the Tribunal du travail de Nivelles): Rudy Grzelczyk                         the Finanzgericht Bremen): Bacardi GmbH v Hauptzoll-
v Centre public d’aide sociale d’Ottignies-Louvain-la-                                              amt Bremerhaven (1)
                               Neuve (1)
(Articles 6, 8 and 8a of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment,                (Community Customs Code and implementing regulation —
Articles 12 EC, 17 EC and 18 EC) — Council Directive                         Repayment of import duties — Favourable tariff treatment
93/96/EEC — Right of residence for students — National                       — Post-clearance production of certificate of authenticity —
legislation which guarantees a minimum subsistence allow-                    Alteration of the tariff classification stated in the customs
ance only for nationals, persons covered by Regulation (EEC)                           declaration — Concept of ‘special situation’)
No 1612/68 and stateless persons and refugees — Foreign
student who has met his own living expenses during the first                                           (2001/C 317/04)
                         years of his studies)
                                                                                                (Language of the case: German)
                           (2001/C 317/03)
                     (Language of the case: French)                          (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-253/99: reference to the Court under Article 234
                                                                             EC from the Finanzgericht Bremen (Germany) for a preliminary
In Case C-184/99: reference to the Court under Article 177 of                ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between
the EC Treaty (now Article 234 EC) from the Tribunal du                      Bacardi GmbH and Hauptzollamt Bremerhaven — on the
travail de Nivelles (Industrial Tribunal, Nivelles), (Belgium) for           interpretation of Articles 236 and 239 of Council Regulation