CELEX: C2004/118/51
Language: en
Date: 2004-04-30 00:00:00
Title: Order of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 31 March 2004 in Case C-51/03 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Löbau): Nicoleta Maria Georgescu (Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 — Countries for which the application of the abolition of the visa requirement is suspended until a further decision of the Council — Extent of the suspension — Lack of jurisdiction of the Court)

30.4.2004   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 118/28
            
         
      ORDER OF THE COURT
   
   (Fourth Chamber)
   of 31 March 2004
   in Case C-51/03 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Löbau): Nicoleta Maria Georgescu (1)
   
   (Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 - Countries for which the application of the abolition of the visa requirement is suspended until a further decision of the Council - Extent of the suspension - Lack of jurisdiction of the Court)
   (2004/C 118/51)
   Language of the case: German
   In Case C-51/03: reference to the Court under Article 234 EC from the Amtsgericht Löbau (Germany) for a preliminary ruling in the criminal proceedings pending before that court against Nicoleta Maria Georgescu - on the interpretation of Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 of 15 March 2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (OJ 2001 L 81, p. 1) - the Court (Fourth Chamber), composed of: J. N. Cunha Rodrigues (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber, J.-P. Puissochet and F. Macken, Judges; C. Stix-Hackl, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 31 March 2004, the operative part of which is as follows:
   The Court of Justice of the European Communities manifestly has no jurisdiction to answer the question referred by the Amtsgericht Löbau (Germany) by order of 21 October 2002.
   
      (1)  OJ C 112 of 10.5.2003.