CELEX: C1996/095/01
Language: en
Date: 1996-03-30 00:00:00
Title: JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Sixth Chamber) of 1 February 1996 in Case C-164/94 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberverwaltungsgericht Berlin): Georgios Aranitis v. Land Berlin (General system for the recognition of higher-education diplomas - Conditions: indirectly imposed by national rules - Regulated profession)

30 . 3 . 96           EN                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                    No C 95/ 1
                                                                      I
                                                                (Information)
                                                COURT OF JUSTICE
                                                             COURT OF JUSTICE
                JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                     is awarded and, consequently, only persons possessing that
                         ( Sixth Chamber )                                higher-education diploma as a rule seek employment in, and
                                                                         pursue, that profession.
                       of 1 February 1996
 in Case C-164/94 (reference for a preliminary ruling from                (') OJ No C 218 , 6 . 8 . 1994 .
 the Oberverwaltungsgericht Berlin ): Georgios Aranitis v.
                           Land Berlin ()
 (General system for the recognition of higher-education
 diplomas — Conditions: indirectly imposed by national
                 rules — Regulated profession)                                           JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                            ( 96/C 95/01 )                                                       (Fourth Chamber)
                (Language of the case: German)                                                  of 8 February 1996
                                                                         in Case C-8/94 ( reference for a preliminary ruling from
 (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be
           published in the European Court Reports)
                                                                         the Nederlandse Raad van State ): C. B. Laperre v.
                                                                               Bestuurscommissie Beroepszaken in de Provincie
In Case C-164/94 : reference to the Court under Article 177                                        Zuid-Holland ( 1 )
of the EC Treaty by the Oberverwaltungsgericht Berlin for a               (Equal treatment for men and women in matters of social
preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that                security — Article 4 (1) ofDirective 79/7/EEC — Statutory
court between Georgios Aranitis and Land Berlin on the                   scheme of social assistance for older and/or partially
interpretation of Articles 1 ( c ) and ( d ) and 7 ( 1 ) of Council      incapacitated workers who are long-term unemployed —
Directive 89/48/EEC of 21 December 1988 on a general                         Conditions relating to previous employment and age)
system for the recognition of higher-education diplomas                                              ( 96/C 95/02 )
awarded on completion of professional education and
training of at least three years ' duration ( OJ No L 19 ,                                 (Language of the case: Dutch)
 1989 , p. 16 ), the Court ( Sixth Chamber ), composed
of: D. N. Kakouris, President of the Chamber,
F. A. Schockweiler, P. J. G. Kapteyn, J. L. Murray                       (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be
( Rapporteur ) and H. Ragnemalm, Judges; P. Leger,                                published in the European Court Reports)
Advocate-General ; D. Loutermann-Hubeau , Principal
Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment in                In Case C-8/94 : reference to the Court under Article 177 of
which it ruled that:                                                     the EC Treaty from the Nederlandse Raad van State ( State
                                                                         Council of the Netherlands ) for a preliminary ruling in the
Article 1 (c) in conjunction with Article 1 (d) of Council               proceedings pending before that court between C. B.
Directive 89/48/EEC of 21 December 1988 on a general                     Laperre and Bestuurscommissie Beroepszaken in de
system for the recognition of higher-education diplomas                  Provincie Zuid-Holland — on the interpretation of
awarded on completion of professional education and                      Article 4 ( 1 ) of Council Directive 79/7/EEC of 19 December
training of at least three years ' duration must be interpreted          1978 on the progressive implementation of the principle of
as meaning that a profession cannot be described as                      equal treatment for men and women in matters of social
regulated when there are in the host Member State no laws,               security ( OJ No L 6 , 1979 , p. 24 ) — the Court ( Fourth
regulations or administrative provisions governing the                   Chamber ), composed of: C. N. Kakouris ( Rapporteur ),
taking up or pursuit of that profession or ofone of its modes            President of the Chamber, P. J. G. Kapteyn and J. L. Murray,
of pursuit, even though the only education and training                  Judges; C. O. Lenz, Advocate-General ; R. Grass, Registrar,
leading to it consists of at least four and a half years of              has given a judgment on 8 February 1996 , in which it
higher-education studies on completion of which a diploma                rules :