CELEX: C1995/159/01
Language: en
Date: 1995-06-24 00:00:00
Title: OPINION 2/92 OF THE COURT of 24 March 1995 (Competence of the Community or one of its institutions to participate in the Third Revised Decision of the OECD on national treatment)

24 . 6 . 95           EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               No C 159/ 1
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                                             COURT OF JUSTICE
                                                       COURT OF JUSTICE
              OPINION 2/92 OF THE COURT                             2 , the Community and the Member States share joint
                    of 24 March 1995 ( l )                                competence to participate in that decision.
(Competence of the Community or one ofits institutions to
                                                                    f 1 ) OJ No C 255 , 2 . 10 . 1992 .
participate in the Third Revised Decision of the OECD on
                      national treatment)
                        ( 95/C 159/01 )
By a request made on 4 September 1 992 under the second
subparagraph of Article 228 ( 1 ) of the EEC Treaty, the
Kingdom of Belgium sought the opinion of the Court on the                         JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
competence of the Community or one of its institutions to                                     ( Sixth Chamber)
take part in the Third Revised Decision on international
treatment of the Council of the Organization for Economic                                       of 4 May 1995
Cooperation and Development; more specifically, the Court           in Case C-7/94 ( reference for a preliminary ruling
was requested to give its opinion on the following                  from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht): Landesamt für
questions :                                                         Ausbildungsförderung Nordrhein-Westfalen v. Lubor
                                                                                                     Gaal 1 1 )
— Is the dual legal basis ( Articles 57 and 113 ) proposed by        (Régulation (EEC) No 1612/68 — Artide 12 — 'Child'
     the Commission for the Council Decision on the                                                 définition)
     Community's participation in the Third Decision
                                                                                                 ( 95/C 159/02 )
     justified ?
— If the reply to the first question is in the negative, which                     (Language of the case: German)
     would be the correct legal basis ?
                                                                    (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be
— Does the Community's competence to participate in the                       published in the European Court Reports)
     Third Decision exclude participation by the Member
     States or is 'mixed' participation justified ?
                                                                    In Case C-7/94 : reference to the Court under Article 177 of
                                                                    the EEC Treaty from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht
The Court, composed of G. C. Rodriguez Iglesias , President,         ( Federal Administrative Court) for a preliminary ruling in
F. A. Schockweiler, P. J. G. Kapteyn and C. Gulmann                 the proceedings pending before that court between the
( Presidents of Chambers ), G. F. Mancini ( Rapporteur),            Landesamt fiir Ausbildungsfôrderung Nordrhein­
C. N. Kakouris, J. C. Moitinho de Almeida, J. L. Murray             Westfalen and Lubor Gaal, with the Oberbundesanwalt
and D. A. O. Edward, Judges; after hearing F. G. Jacobs,            beim Bundesverwaltungsgericht, intervener — on the
First Advocate-General, C. O. Lenz, G. Tesauro, G.                  interpretation of Article 12 of Council Regulation ( EEC )
Cosmas, P. Léger and B. Elmer, Advocates-General, gave the          No 1612/68 of 15 October 1968 on freedom of movement
following opinion:                                                  for workers within the Community ( 2 ) — the Court ( Sixth
                                                                     Chamber ), composed of F. A. Schockweiler, President of the
 1 , the Community is competent to participate in the Third          Chamber, P. J. G. Kapteyn ( Rapporteur ), G. F. Mancini,
      Revised Decision of the OECD;                                  C. N. Kakouris and G. Hirsch, Judges; G. Tesauro,