CELEX: C1999/188/56
Language: en
Date: 1999-07-03 00:00:00
Title: Removal from the register of Case C-32/98

C 188/24              EN                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                      3.7.1999
Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Bundesgericht-              on 14 May 1999, for a preliminary ruling in the case of Sanofi
shof by order of that court of 25 March 1999 in the case              Winthrop SA v Directeur des Services Fiscaux de Val-de-Marne,
of Hans Schwarzkopf GmbH & Co. KG against Zentrale                    on the validity, in the light of the principle of proportionality,
        zur Bekämpfung unlauteren Wettbewerbs e.V.                    of Council Decision 89/847/EEC of 28 July 1989 authorising
                                                                      the French Republic to apply a measure derogating from the
                                                                      second subparagraph of Article 17(6) of the Sixth Direc-
                        (Case C-169/99)                               tive 77/388/EEC on the harmonisation of the laws of the
                                                                      Member States relating to turnover taxes. (1)
                        (1999/C 188/53)
                                                                      (1) OJ L 239, p. 21.
Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the
European Communities by order of the Bundesgerichtshof
(Federal Court of Justice) — First Civil Chamber of 25 March
1999, received at the Court Registry on 5 May 1999, for a
preliminary ruling in the case of Hans Schwarzkopf GmbH &
Co. KG against Zentrale zur Bekämpfung unlauteren Wettbew-
erbs e.V. on the following question:                                         Removal from the register of Case C-25/98 (1)
                                                                                              (1999/C 188/55)
Is the term ‘practical reasons’ in the second sentence of
Article 6(1)(d) of Council Directive 76/768/EEC on the                By order of 22 March 1999 the President of the Court of
approximation of the laws of the Member State relating to             Justice of the European Communities ordered the removal
cosmetic products (1) to be interpreted as also permitting the        from the register of Case C-25/98: (reference for a preliminary
inclusion of prescribed warnings in several languages, where          ruling from the Juzgado de lo Social de Santiago de Compost-
the manufacturer or marketer of cosmetic products considers           ela): Dorinda Teresa López Tourı́s v Instituto Nacional de
it desirable on economic grounds and to enhance the market-           Empleo (INEM) and Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social
ability of the products in the Community, if as a result the full     (INSS).
warning appears in a clearly legible format on an enclosed
leaflet only, with the packaging and container simply fur-
                                                                      (1) OJ No C 94 of 28.3.1998.
nishing abbreviated information for lack of space? Specifically,
is it permissible for the packaging and container to carry not
the full warning but only abbreviated information where a
company, for the reasons given above, considers it desirable
to market its products in a uniform getup in the languages of
the nine different countries where the product is sold (which
include eight EU Member States)?
                                                                             Removal from the register of Case C-32/98 (1)
                                                                                              (1999/C 188/56)
( 1) (OJ 1976 L 262, p. 169) as amended by Council Directive
     88/667/EEC (OJ 1988 L 382, p. 46).                               By order of 11 February 1999 the President of the Court of
                                                                      Justice of the European Communities ordered the removal
                                                                      from the register of Case C-32/98: Commission of the
                                                                      European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany.
                                                                      (1) OJ No C 94 of 28.3.1998.
Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal
Administratif (Administrative Court), Melun (Fifth
Chamber), France, by judgment of that court of 3 Decem-
ber 1998 in the case of Sanofi Winthrop SA v Directeur                       Removal from the register of Case C-227/98 (1)
             des Services Fiscaux de Val-de-Marne
                                                                                              (1999/C 188/57)
                        (Case C-181/99)                               By order of 15 March 1999 the President of the Court of
                                                                      Justice of the European Communities ordered the removal
                        (1999/C 188/54)                               from the register of Case C-227/98: Commission of the
                                                                      European Communities v Ireland.
Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the                (1) OJ No C 278 of 5.9.1998.
European Communities by a judgment of the Tribunal Admini-
stratif (Administrative Court), Melun (Fifth Chamber), France,
of 3 December 1998, which was received at the Court Registry