CELEX: C2001/186/03
Language: en
Date: 2001-06-30 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 8 March 2001 in Case C-176/00: Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic (Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Failure to transpose Directives 96/24/EC and 96/25/EC)

C 186/2                  EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                          30.6.2001
Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the                         Pergola, President of the Chamber, S. von Bahr (Rapporteur)
harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to                 and C.W.A. Timmermans, Judges; J. Mischo, Advocate General;
turnover taxes — Common system of value added tax: uniform                 R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 8 March 2001, in
basis of assessment (OJ 1977 L 145, p. 1) — the Court (First               which it:
Chamber), composed of: M. Wathelet (Rapporteur), President
of the Chamber, P. Jann and L. Sevón, Judges; A. Saggio,                  1.    Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the prescribed period,
Advocate General; H. von Holstein, Deputy Registrar, for the                     the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to
Registrar, has given a judgment on 8 March 2001, in which it                     comply with Council Directives 96/24/EC of 29 April 1996
has ruled:                                                                       amending Directive 79/373/EEC on the marketing of com-
                                                                                 pound feedingstuffs and 96/25/EC of 29 April 1996 on the
A commitment assumed by an insurance company to carry out, in                    circulation of feed materials, amending Directives 70/524/EEC,
return for remuneration at market rates, the business activities of              74/63/EEC, 82/471/EEC and 93/74/EEC and repealing
another insurance company, which is its 100 % subsidiary and which               Directive 77/101/EEC, the Hellenic Republic has failed to
would continue to conclude insurance contracts in its own name, does             fulfil its obligations under those directives;
not constitute an insurance transaction within the meaning of              2.    Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.
Article 13B(a) of Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May
1977 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States
relating to turnover taxes — Common system of value added tax:             (1) OJ C 211 of 22.7.2000.
uniform basis of assessment.
(1) OJ C 246 of 28.8.1999.
                                                                                              JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                                                                                                        (Fifth Chamber)
                 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                                                                                                      of 15 March 2001
                          (Fourth Chamber)
                                                                           in Case C-444/98 (reference for a preliminary ruling from
                           of 8 March 2001                                 the Arrondissementsrechtbank te Roermond): R. J. de
                                                                           Laat v Bestuur van het Landelijk Instituut Sociale Verzek-
in Case C-176/00: Commission of the European Communi-                                                       eringen (1)
                    ties v Hellenic Republic (1)
                                                                           (Social security for migrant workers — Regulation (EEC)
(Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Failure             No 1408/71 — Frontier worker — ‘Partially unemployed’
       to transpose Directives 96/24/EC and 96/25/EC)                                                     — Meaning)
                           (2001/C 186/03)                                                              (2001/C 186/04)
                     (Language of the case: Greek)                                                (Language of the case: Dutch)
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published     (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
                    in the European Court Reports)                                               in the European Court Reports)
In Case C-176/00: Commission of the European Communities                   In Case C-444/98: reference to the Court under Article 177 of
(Agent: M. Condou-Durande) v Hellenic Republic (Agents:                    the EC Treaty (now Article 234 EC) from the Arrondissements-
G. Kanellopoulos and D. Tsagkaraki) — application for a                    rechtbank te Roermond, Netherlands, for a preliminary ruling
declaration that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and            in the proceedings pending before that court between R. J. de
administrative provisions necessary to comply with Council                 Laat and Bestuur van het Landelijk Instituut Sociale Verzeker-
Directives 96/24/EC of 29 April 1996 amending Directive                    ingen — on the interpretation of Article 71(1)(a) of Council
79/373/EEC on the marketing of compound feedingstuffs (OJ                  Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the
1996 L 125, p. 33) and 96/25/EC of 29 April 1996 on the                    application of social security schemes to employed persons, to
circulation of feed materials, amending Directives 70/524/EEC,             self-employed persons and to members of their families
74/63/EEC, 82/471/EEC and 93/74/EEC and repealing Direc-                   moving within the Community, as amended and updated by
tive 77/101/EEC (OJ 1996 L 125, p. 35), the Hellenic Republic              Council Regulation (EEC) No 2001/83 of 2 June 1983 (OJ
has failed to fulfil its obligations under the EC Treaty and those         1983 L 230, p. 6), — the Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of:
directives — the Court (Fourth Chamber), composed of: A. La                A. La Pergola, President of the Chamber, M. Wathelet,