CELEX: C1996/016/02
Language: en
Date: 1996-01-20 00:00:00
Title: JUDGMENT OF THE COURT of 9 November 1995 in Case C-465/93 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Frankfurt am Main): Atlanta Fruchthandelsgesellschaft mbH and Others v. Bundesamt für Ernährung und Forstwirtschaft (Regulation - Reference for a preliminary ruling - Assessment of validity - National court - Interim relief)

20 . 1 . 96            EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                      No C 16/ 1
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                                               COURT OF JUSTICE
                                                         COURT OF JUSTICE
               JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                                    JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                      of 9 November 1995                                                      of 9 November 1995
in Case C-426/93 : Federal Republic of Germany v. Council               in Case C-465/93 ( reference for a preliminary ruling from
                   of the European Union ( J )                          the Verwaltungsgericht Frankfurt am Main ): Atlanta
(Action for annulment — Regulation (EEC) No 2 1 86/93 on                Fruchthandelsgesellschaft mbH and Others v. Bundesamt
Community coordination in drawing up business registers                              für Ernährung und Forstwirtschaft (')
for statistical purposes — Legal basis — Principle of                   (Regulation — Reference for a preliminary ruling —
                         proportionality)                               Assessment of validity — National court — Interim
                            96/C 16/01 )                                                              relief)
                                                                                                  ( 96/C 16/02 )
                (Language of the case: German)
                                                                                         (Language of the case: German)
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be
          published in the European Court Reports)                      (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be
                                                                                  published in the European Court Reports)
In Case C-426/93 : Federal Republic of Germany ( Agents :
Ernst Roder and Hans-Jörg Niemeyer ) v. Council of the
                                                                        In Case C-465/93 : reference to the Court under Article 177
European Union ( Agents : Jill Aussant and Klaus Borchers ),
supported by the Commission of the European                             of the EC Treaty from the Verwaltungsgericht
Communities ( Agent: Jürgen Grunwald ) — application for                ( Administrative Court ) Frankfurt am Main for a
the annulment of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 2186/93 of               preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that
22 July 1993 on Community coordination in drawing up                    court between Atlanta Fruchthandelsgesellschaft mbH and
business registers for statistical purposes ( OJ No L 1 96 , p . 1 )    Others and Bundesamt fur Ernàhrung und Forstwirtschaft
— the Court, composed of: G. C. Rodriguez Iglesias,                     — on the interpretation of Article 1 8 9 of the EC Treaty, and
President, D. A. O. Edward and G. Hirsch ( Presidents of                more particularly on the national court's power to order
Chambers ), G. F. Mancini, F. A. Schockweiler, J. C.                    interim measures disapplying a regulation pending a
Moitinho de Almeida ( Rapporteur ), P. J. G. Kapteyn, C.                preliminary ruling by the Court on its validity — the Court,
Gulmann, J. L. Murray, P. Jann and H. Ragnemalm, Judges;                composed of: G. C. Rodriguez Iglesias, President, C. N.
F. G. Jacobs, Advocate-General ; L. Hewlett, Administrator,             Kakouris, D. A. O. Edward, J. -P. Puissochet and G. Hirsch
 for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 9 November 1995 , the             ( Presidents of Chambers ), G. F. Mancini, F. A. Schockweiler
operative part of which is as follows :                                  ( Rapporteur ), J. C. Moitinho de Almeida, P. J. G. Kapteyn,
                                                                         C. Gulmann, J. L. Murray, P. Jann and H. Ragnemalm,
 1 . the application is dismissed;                                      Judges; M. B. Elmer, Advocate-General; H. A. Rühl,
                                                                        Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a
2 . the Federal Republic of Germany is ordered to pay the               judgment on 9 November 1995 , in which it rules :
      costs;
                                                                         1 . Article 189 of the Treaty is to be interpreted as not
 3 . The Commission of the European Communities shall                         precluding national courts from granting interim relief
      bear its own costs.                                                     to settle or regulate the disputed legal positions or
                                                                              relationships with reference to a national administrative
 (') OJ No C 332 , 8 . 12 . 1993 .                                            measure based on a Community Regulation which is the
                                                                              subject of a reference for a preliminary ruling on its
                                                                              validity;
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2 , such interim relief can be ordered by the national court            of the grounds of the order for reference, has disclosed no
      only if:                                                          factor of such a kind as to affect their validity.
      — that court entertains serious doubts as to the validity         H OJ No C 76 , 12 . 3 . 1994 .
         of the Community Aft and, if the validity of the
         contested Act is not already in issue before the Court
         of Justice, itself refers the question to the Court of
         Justice;                                                                       JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                                                                                               of 9 November 1995
      — there is urgency, in that the interim relief is necessary
         to avoid serious and irreparable damage being                  in Case C-475/93 (reference for a preliminary ruling
         caused to the party seeking the relief;                        from the Sozialgericht Speyer): Jean-Louis Thévenon and
                                                                        Stadt Speyer — Sozialamt v. Landesversicherungsanstalt
      — the court takes due account of the Community                                              Rheinland-Pfalz (')
         interest; and
                                                                        (Social security — Article 6 of Regulation (EEC)
      — in its assessment of all those conditions, it respects          No 1408/71 — Replacement by Regulation (EEC)
         any decisions of the Court ofJustice or the Court of           No 1408/71 of social security conventions concluded
         First Instance ruling on the lawfulness of the                                      between Member States)
          Regulation or on an application for interim                                                 ( 96/C 16/04 )
          measures seeking similar interim relief at
          Community level.                                                               (Language of the case: German)
                                                                        (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be
i 1 ) OJ No C 76 , 12 . 3 . 1994 .
                                                                                   published in the European Court Reports)
                                                                        In Case C-475/93 : reference to the Court under Article 177
                                                                        of the EC Treaty by the Sozialgericht Speyer ( Social Court,
                                                                        Speyer ) ( Germany) for a preliminary ruling in the
               JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                    proceedings pending before that court between Jean-Louis
                       of 9 November 1995                               Thévenon and Stadt Speyer — Sozialamt ( Social Assistance
in Case C-466/93 (reference for a preliminary ruling from               Office of the City of Speyer ) of the one part
the Verwaltungsgericht Frankfurt am Main): Atlanta                      and the Landesversicherungsanstalt Rheinland-Pfalz
Fruchthandelsgesellschaft mbH and Others v. Bundesamt                   ( Rhineland-Palatinate Regional Insurance Office ) of the
             für Ernährung und Forstwirtschaft (')                      other part on the interpretation of Council Regulation
                                                                        ( EEC ) No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the application of
 (Bananas — Common organization ofthe market — Import                   social security schemes to employed persons, to
               regime — Assessment of validity)                         self-employed persons and to members of their families
                             ( 96/ C 16/03 )                            moving within the Community, as amended and updated by
                                                                        Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 2001/83 of 2 June 1983 ( OJ
                (Language of the case: German)                          No L 230, p . 6 ), and of Articles 48 ( 2 ) and 51 of the EC
                                                                        Treaty — the Court, composed of: G. C. Rodriguez Iglesias,
 (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be           President, C. N. Kakouris and G. Hirsch ( Presidents of
          published in the European Court Reports)                       Chambers ), G. F. Mancini, F. A. Schockweiler, J. C.
                                                                        Moitinho de Almeida, P. J. G. Kapteyn, C. Gulmann
In Case C-466/93 : reference to the Court under Article 1-77             ( Rapporteur), J. L. Murray, P. Jann and H. Ragnemalm,
of the EC Treaty from the Verwaltungsgericht                            Judges; Advocate-General: G. Cosmas; Registrar: D.
 ( Administrative Court ) Frankfurt am Main for a                        Louterman-Hubeau, Principal Administrator, has given a
preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that                judgment on 9 November 1995 , in which it rules:
court between Atlanta Fruchthandelsgesellschaft mbH and
 Others and Bundesamt für Ernàhrung und Forstwirtschaft                 Articles 48 (2) and SI of the EC Treaty must be interpreted
— on the validity of Title IV and Article 21 ( 2 ) of Council            as meaning that they do not preclude the replacement by
 Regulation ( EEC ) No 404/93 of 13 February 1993 on the                 Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on
 common organization of the market in bananas ( OJ No                    the application of social security schemes to employed
 L 47, p. 1 ) — the Court, composed of: G. C. Rodriguez                  persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their
 Iglesias, President, C. N. Kakouris, D. A. O. Edward, J.-P.             families moving within the Community, as amended and
 Puissochet and G. Hirsch ( Presidents of Chambers ), G. F.              updated by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2001 /83 of
 Mancini, F. A. Schockweiler ( Rapporteur), J. C. Moitinho               2 June 1983, pursuant to Article 6 thereof, of a convention
 de Almeida, P. J. G. Kapteyn, C. Gulmann, J. L. Murray, P.              binding two Member States exclusively where, prior to the
Jann and H. Ragnemalm, Judges; M. B. Elmer,                              entry into force of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 , an
 Advocate-General; H. A. Rühl, Principal Administrator, for              insured person completed insurance periods in only one of
 the Registrar, has given a judgment on 9 November 1995 , in             the signatory States, even where the application of the
 which it rules :                                                        bilateral social security convention would have placed that
                                                                         insured person in a more favourable position.
 Consideration of Title IV and Article 21 (2) of Council
 Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13 February 1993 on the                    f 1 ) OJ No C 43 , 12 . 2 . 1994 .
 common organization of the market in bananas, in the light