CELEX: C2001/289/12
Language: en
Date: 2001-10-13 00:00:00
Title: Order of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 10 July 2001 in Case C-86/00 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Heidelberg): HSB-Wohnbau GmbH (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Entry in the commercial register of the transfer of a company's registered office — Lack of jurisdiction of the Court)

13.10.2001              EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                            C 289/7
Saccarifera Italiana Agroindistriale SpA (ISI), established in             ruling in connection with an application for registration in the
Padua, Italy, Sadani Zuccerifici, a division of SECI — Società             commercial register made by HSB-Wohnbau GmbH, on the
Esercizi Commerciali Industriali SpA, established in Bologna,              interpretation of Articles 43 EC and 48 EC — the Court (Fifth
Italy, Sadam Castigliognese SpA, established in Bologna, Sadam             Chamber), composed of: A. La Pergola, President of the
Abruzzo SpA, established in Bologna, Zuccherificio del Molise              Chamber, M. Wathelet (Rapporteur), P. Jann, L. Sevón and
SpA, established in Termoli, Italy, Società Fondiaria Industriale          S. von Bahr, Judges; D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, Advocate
Romagnola SpA (SFIR), established in Cesena, Italy, represent-             General; R. Grass, Registrar, has made an order on 10 July
ed by B. O’Connor, Solicitor, and I. Vigliotti, avvocato, —                2001, in which it has ruled:
appeal against the order of the Court of First Instance of the
European Communities (First Chamber) of 8 July 1999 in Case
T-158/95 Eridania and Others v Council [1999] ECR II-2219,                 The Court of Justice of the European Communities clearly has no
seeking to have that order set aside, the other parties to the             jurisdiction to answer the questions put by the Amtsgericht Heidelberg
proceedings being, Council of the European Union (Agents:                  in its order of 3 March 2000.
I. Dı́ez Parra and J.P. Hix), Commission of the European
Communities (Agent: F.P. Ruggeri Laderchi) and Ponteco
Zuccheri SpA, established in Pontelagoscuro, Italy — the Court             (1) OJ C 149 of 27.5.2000.
(Second Chamber), composed of V. Skouris, President of the
Chamber, R. Schintgen and N. Colneric (Rapporteur), Judges;
J. Mischo, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a
judgment on 28 June 2001, in which it:
1.    Dismisses the appeal;
2.    Orders Eridania SpA, Industria Saccarifera Italiana Agroindis-                            ORDER OF THE COURT
      triale SpA (ISI), Sadam Zuccerifici, a division of SECI
      — Società Esercizi Commerciali Industriali SpA, Sadam
      Castigliognese SpA, Sadam Abruzzo SpA, Zuccherificio del                                        (First Chamber)
      Molise SpA and Società Fondiaria Industriale Romagnola SpA
      (SFIR) jointly to pay the costs;
                                                                                                       of 12 July 2001
3.    Orders the Commission to bear its own costs.
                                                                           in Case C-102/00 (reference for a preliminary ruling from
( 1) OJ C 352, 4.12.1999.                                                  the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden): Welthgrove BV v
                                                                                            Staatssecretaris van Financiën (1)
                                                                           (Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure — Article 4 of the
                                                                           Sixth VAT Directive — Economic activity — Involvement of
                                                                             a holding company in the management of its subsidiaries)
                    ORDER OF THE COURT
                                                                                                      (2001/C 289/13)
                          (Fifth Chamber)
                                                                                                (Language of the case: Dutch)
                           of 10 July 2001
                                                                           (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
in Case C-86/00 (reference for a preliminary ruling from                                       in the European Court Reports)
   the Amtsgericht Heidelberg): HSB-Wohnbau GmbH (1)
                                                                           In Case C-102/00: reference to the Court under Article 234
(Reference for a preliminary ruling — Entry in the commer-                 from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Supreme Court of the
cial register of the transfer of a company’s registered office             Netherlands) (Netherlands) for a preliminary ruling in the
              — Lack of jurisdiction of the Court)                         proceedings pending before that court between Welthgrove
                                                                           BV and Staatssecretaris van Financiën — on the interpretation
                          (2001/C 289/12)                                  of Article 4, Article 11A(1)(a) and Article 13B(d)(5) of Sixth
                                                                           Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the
                   (Language of the case: German)                          harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to
                                                                           turnover taxes — Common system of value added tax: uniform
                                                                           basis of assessment (OJ 1977 L 145, p. 1) — the Court
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published     (First Chamber), composed of: M. Wathelet, President of the
                   in the European Court Reports)                          Chamber, P. Jann and L. Sevón (Rapporteur), Judges; C. Stix-
                                                                           Hackl, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given an
In Case C-86/00: reference to the Court under Article 234 EC               order on 12 July 2001, the operative part of which is as
from the Amtsgericht Heidelberg (Germany), for a preliminary               follows: