CELEX: 62012CA0583
Language: en
Date: 2014-04-09 00:00:00
Title: Case C-583/12: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 9 April 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Riigikohus — Estonia) — Sintax Trading OÜ v Maksu- ja Tolliamet (Request for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EC) No 1383/2003 — Measures to prevent counterfeit or pirated goods being placed on the market — Article 13(1) — Powers of the customs authorities to establish the infringement of an intellectual property right)

10.6.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 175/9
            
         Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 9 April 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Riigikohus — Estonia) — Sintax Trading OÜ v Maksu- ja Tolliamet
   (Case C-583/12) (1)
   
   ((Request for a preliminary ruling - Regulation (EC) No 1383/2003 - Measures to prevent counterfeit or pirated goods being placed on the market - Article 13(1) - Powers of the customs authorities to establish the infringement of an intellectual property right))
   2014/C 175/10
   Language of the case: Estonian
   
      Referring court
   
   Riigikohus
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Sintax Trading OÜ
   
      Defendant: Maksu- ja Tolliamet
   
      Re:
   
   Request for a preliminary ruling — Riigikohus — Interpretation of Articles 13(1) and 17 of and recitals 1, 2 and 3 in the preamble to Council Regulation (EC) No 1383/2003 of 22 July 2003 concerning customs action against goods suspected of infringing certain intellectual property rights and the measures to be taken against goods found to have infringed such rights (OJ 2003 L 196, p. 7) — Measures intended to prevent the placing on the market of counterfeit and pirated goods — Procedure to determine whether there has been an infringement of an intellectual property right — Competence of the customs authorities with respect to the ascertainment of an infringement of an intellectual property right — Right of the customs authorities to initiate of their own motion the procedure for determining whether there has been an infringement of an intellectual property right without it being necessary for the right-holder to initiate the procedure
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   Article 13(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1383/2003 of 22 July 2003 concerning customs action against goods suspected of infringing certain intellectual property rights and the measures to be taken against goods found to have infringed such rights must be interpreted as meaning that it does not preclude the customs authorities, in the absence of any initiative by the holder of the intellectual property right, from initiating and conducting the proceedings referred to in that provision themselves, provided that the relevant decisions taken by those authorities may be subject to appeal ensuring that the rights derived by individuals from EU law and, in particular, from that regulation are safeguarded.
   
      (1)  OJ C 55, 23. 2. 2013.