CELEX: C2001/289/21
Language: en
Date: 2001-10-13 00:00:00
Title: Case C-273/01: Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Tribunale di Bari — Sezione distaccata di Altamura, by order of that court of 28 June 2001 in the case of Walter Ferro against Giovanni Santoro

13.10.2001            EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                       C 289/11
b)   Does Article 11 of the Directive simply mean that, if a                  eligible to join the Scheme can comply with the require-
     candidate for approval to audit accounting documents in                  ment of being employed under a contract of employment,
     a Member State of the European Union has obtained,                       and by establishing that the requirement is not objectively
     under the regime which applied before harmonisation,                     justified?
     some of the required qualifications in another Member
     State, the Member State from which approval is sought
     regards those qualifications as having been obtained in
     that same State and does not introduce an exception to
     the generally applicable rule that approval is granted only
     after an examination of professional competence has
     been passed? Or is it to be interpreted as allowing a
     person holding an approval to audit accounting docu-               Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Tribunale di
     ments which has been granted to him in a Member State              Bari — Sezione distaccata di Altamura, by order of that
     under the regime which applied before harmonisation to             court of 28 June 2001 in the case of Walter Ferro against
     receive the corresponding approval in another Member                                       Giovanni Santoro
     State without being obliged to sit an examination of
     professional competence, but just on a simple finding                                       (Case C-273/01)
     that his qualifications are equivalent?
                                                                                                 (2001/C 289/21)
(1) OJ L 126, 12.5.1984, p. 20.                                         Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the
                                                                        European Communities by order of the Tribunale di Bari —
                                                                        Sezione distaccata di Altamura (Bari District Court, Altamura
                                                                        Division) of 28 June 2001, which was received at the Court
                                                                        Registry on 12 July 2001, for a preliminary ruling in the case
                                                                        of Walter Ferro against Giovanni Santoro on the following
                                                                        question:
                                                                        ‘whether Directive 86/653/EEC (1) on the coordination of the
                                                                        laws of the Member States relating to self-employed commer-
Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Court of Appeal               cial agents and, in any event, the principles of Community law
(England & Wales) (Civil Division), by order of that court              of freedom of movement and the freedom to provide services
of 22 June 2001, in the case of Debra Allonby against 1)                are to be interpreted as being compatible with national
Accrington & Rossendale College, 2) Education Lecturing                 legislation which makes the right of brokers to payment for
Services, 3) Secretary of State for Education and Employ-               services conditional upon their being entered in the appropri-
                               ment                                     ate register.’
                        (Case C-256/01)                                 (1) Council Directive 86/653/EEC of 18 December 1986 on the
                                                                            coordination of the laws of the Member States relating to self-
                                                                            employed commercial agents OJ L 382, 31.12.1986, p. 17.
                        (2001/C 289/20)
Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the
European Communities by an order of the Court of Appeal
(England & Wales) (Civil Division) of 22 June 2001, which was
received at the Court Registry on 3 July 2001, for a preliminary        Reference for a preliminary ruling by the House of Lords
ruling in the case of Debra Allonby against 1) Accrington &             (United Kingdom), by order of that court of 7 June 2001,
Rossendale College, 2) Education Lecturing Services, 3) Sec-            in the case of Sinclair Collis Ltd against Commissioners of
retary of State for Education and Employment, on the follow-                                   Customs and Excise
ing questions:
                                                                                                 (Case C-275/01)
1.   Does Article 141 have direct effect so as to enable a
     woman to claim equal pay with a man in the circum-                                          (2001/C 289/22)
     stances of this case?
                                                                        Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the
2.   Does Article 141 have direct effect so as to entitle               European Communities by an order of the House of Lords
     Mrs Allonby to claim access to the pension scheme either           (United Kingdom) of 7 June 2001, which was received at the
     (i) by comparing herself with Mr Johnson or (ii) by                Court Registry on 12 July 2001, for a preliminary ruling in the
     showing statistically that a considerably smaller pro-             case of Sinclair Collis Ltd against Commissioners of Customs
     portion of female than of male teachers who are otherwise          and Excise, on the following question: