CELEX: C2000/335/35
Language: en
Date: 2000-11-25 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 3 October 2000 in Case C-9/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d'Appel de Grenoble, France): Échirolles Distribution SA v Association du Dauphiné and Others (National legislation on book prices)

25.11.2000                EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                             C 335/19
The application, on a unilateral basis, by a group of healthcare            1.    Dismisses the appeal;
providers to EC officials of scales of fees for medical and hospital
maternity care which are higher than those applicable to residents          2.    Orders Industrie des Poudres Sphériques to pay the costs;
affiliated to the national social security scheme constitutes discrimi-
nation on the ground of nationality prohibited under the first
paragraph of Article 6 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, the          3.    Orders Péchiney Électrométallurgie, the Chambre Syndicale de
first paragraph of Article 12 EC), in the absence of objective                    l’Électrométallurgie et de l’Électrochimie and the Commission of
justification in this respect.                                                    the European Communities each to bear their own costs.
(1) OJ C 20 of 23.1.1999.                                                   (1) OJ C 48, 20.2.1999, p. 17.
                   JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                                                                                              JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                            (Fifth Chamber)
                          of 3 October 2000                                                            (Sixth Chamber)
in Case C-458/98 P: Industrie des Poudres Sphériques v                                               of 3 October 2000
                Council of the European Union (1)
                                                                            in Case C-9/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from
(Appeal — Anti-dumping — Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88                        the Cour d’Appel de Grenoble, France): Échirolles Distri-
— Calcium metal — Admissibility — Re-opening of an                              bution SA v Association du Dauphiné and Others (1)
anti-dumping procedure after annulment of the regulation
 adopting an anti-dumping duty — Right to a fair hearing)
                                                                                            (National legislation on book prices)
                            (2000/C 335/34)
                                                                                                       (2000/C 335/35)
                      (Language of the case: French)
                                                                                                 (Language of the case: French)
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
                     in the European Court Reports)
                                                                            (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
In Case C-458/98 P: Industrie des Poudres Sphériques, estab-                                    in the European Court Reports)
lished in Annemasse (France), represented by C. Momège, of
the Paris Bar, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the
Chambers of A. May, 398 Route d’Esch — appeal against the                   In Case C-9/99: reference to the Court under Article 177 of
judgment of the Court of First Instance of the European                     the EC Treaty (now Article 234 EC) from the Cour d’Appel
Communities (Fifth Chamber, Extended Composition) of                        (Court of Appeal), Grenoble, for a preliminary ruling in the
15 October 1998 in Case T-2/95 Industries des Poudres                       proceedings pending before that court between Échirolles
Sphériques v Council [1998] ECR II-3939, seeking to have                    Distribution SA and Association du Dauphiné and Others —
that judgment set aside, the other parties to the proceedings               on the interpretation of Articles 3(c) and (g) of the EC Treaty
being: Council of the European Union (Agents: S. Marquardt                  (now, after amendment, Article 3(c) and (g) EC), 3a and 5 of
assisted by P. Bentley) Commission of the European Communi-                 the EC Treaty (now Articles 4 EC and 10 EC), the second
ties, (Agents: N. Khan and X. Lewis) Péchiney Électrométallur-             paragraph of Article 7a of the EC Treaty (now, after amend-
gie, established in Courbevoie (France) Chambre Syndicale de                ment, the second paragraph of Article 14 EC) and Articles
l’Électrométallurgie et de l’Électrochimie, established in Paris          102a and 103(3) and (4) of the EC Treaty (now Articles 98 EC
(France), represented by O. d’Ormesson and O. Prost, of                     and 99(3) and (4) EC) — the Court (Sixth Chamber), composed
the Paris Bar — the Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of:                     of: J.C. Moitinho de Almeida (Rapporteur), President of the
D.A.O. Edward, President of the Chamber, P.J.G. Kapteyn,                    Chamber, R. Schintgen, C. Gulmann, J.-P. Puissochet and
A. La Pergola, P. Jann and H. Ragnemalm (Rapporteur), Judges;               V. Skouris, Judges; S. Alber, Advocate General; D. Louterman-
G. Cosmas, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a               Hubeau, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a
judgment on 3 October 2000, in which it:                                    judgment on 3 October 2000, in which it has ruled:
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Articles 3(c) and (g) of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Article                        JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
3(c) and (g) EC), 3a and 5 of the EC Treaty (now Articles 4 EC and
10 EC), the second paragraph of Article 7a of the EC Treaty (now,
after amendment, the second paragraph of Article 14 EC) and                                         of 5 October 2000
Articles 102a and 103 of the EC Treaty (now Articles 98 EC and
99 EC) do not preclude the application of national legislation
requiring publishers to impose on booksellers fixed prices for the         in Case C-16/98: Commission of the European Communi-
resale of books.                                                                                ties v French Republic (1)
(1) OJ C 71 of 13.3.1999.                                                  (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations —
                                                                           Directive 93/38/EEC — Public works contracts in the
                                                                           water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors —
                                                                           Electrification and street lighting works in the département
                                                                                         of the Vendée — Definition of work)
                                                                                                      (2000/C 335/37)
                 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                           (Fifth Chamber)
                                                                                                (Language of the case: French)
                         of 5 October 2000
in Case C-288/96: Federal Republic of Germany v Com-                       (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
           mission of the European Communities (1)                                             in the European Court Reports)
(State aid — Operating aid — Guidelines in the fisheries                   In Case C-16/98: Commission of the European Communities
sector — Article 92(1) and (3)(c) of the EC Treaty (now,                   (Agents: H. van Lier and O. Couvert-Castéra) v French Republic
after amendment, Article 87(1) and (3)(c) EC) — Rights of                  (Agents: K. Rispal-Bellanger and P. Lalliot) — application for a
              the defence — Statement of reasons)                          declaration that, in the course of the procurement procedure
                                                                           initiated by the Syndicat Départemental d’Electrification de la
                           (2000/C 335/36)                                 Vendée in December 1994 for the award of a contract for
                                                                           electrification and street lighting work, the French Republic
                                                                           failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 4(2), 14(1), (10)
                   (Language of the case: German)                          and (13), together with Articles 21, 24 and 25 of Council
                                                                           Directive 93/38/EEC of 14 June 1993 coordinating the pro-
                                                                           curement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy,
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published     transport and telecommunications sectors (OJ 1993 L 199,
                    in the European Court Reports)                         p. 84) — the Court, composed of: G.C. Rodrı́guez Iglesias,
                                                                           President, J.C. Moitinho de Almeida, L. Sevón and R. Schintgen
                                                                           (Presidents of Chambers), P.J.G. Kapteyn, C. Gulmann,
In Case C-288/96: Federal Republic of Germany (Agent:                      J.-P. Puissochet, M. Wathelet and V. Skouris (Rapporteur),
B. Kloke with M. Schütte) v Commission of the European                     Judges; F.G. Jacobs, Advocate General; D. Louterman-Hubeau,
Communities (Agent: P.F. Nemitz with R.M. Bierwagen) —                     Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment
application for the annulment of Commission Decision                       on 5 October 2000, in which it:
96/563/EC of 29 May 1996 on aid from the Land of Lower
Saxony to the company JAKO Jadekost GmbH & Co. KG (OJ
1996 L 246, p. 43) — the Court (Fifth Chamber), composed                   1.    Declares that in so far as the French entities responsible for the
of: D.A.O. Edward (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber,                        tendering procedure for electrification contracts held in Vendée
J.C. Moitinho de Almeida, L. Sevón, J.-P. Puissochet and                        in December 1994
M. Wathelet, Judges; G. Cosmas, Advocate General; H.A. Rühl,
Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment                 —     split the work,
on 5 October 2000, in which it:
1.    Dismisses the application;                                                 —     did not publish in the Official Journal of the European
                                                                                       Communities a call for competition for all the contracts
2.    Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to pay the costs.                         comprised in that work above the threshold laid down in
                                                                                       Article 14(10), second subparagraph, last sentence,
                                                                                       of Council Directive 93/38/EEC of 14 June 1993
(1) OJ C 354 of 23.11.1996.                                                            coordinating the procurement procedures of entities
                                                                                       operating in the water, energy, transport and telecom-
                                                                                       munications sectors but confined themselves to doing so
                                                                                       for six of them only,