CELEX: C2003/101/11
Language: en
Date: 2003-04-26 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of 25 February 2003 in Case C-59/01: Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic (Failure by a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 92/49/EEC — Freedom to set premiums and abolition of prior or systematic controls over premiums and contracts — Gathering of information)

C 101/6                 EN                           Official Journal of the European Union                                             26.4.2003
                 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                                        JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                         (Sixth Chamber)                                                             of 25 February 2003
                         of 6 March 2003
                                                                             in Case C-59/01: Commission of the European Communi-
                                                                                                   ties v Italian Republic ( 1)
in Case C-14/01 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from
the Verwaltungsgericht Hannover): Molkerei Wagenfeld
Karl Niemann GmbH & Co. KG v Bezirksregierung                                (Failure by a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive
                            Hannover (1)                                     92/49/EEC — Freedom to set premiums and abolition of
                                                                             prior or systematic controls over premiums and contracts —
                                                                                                  Gathering of information)
(Common organisation of the markets — Milk and milk
products — Scheme of aid for skimmed milk — Validity of
Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999 — Powers of the Com-
mission (Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999)                                                 (2003/C 101/11)
— Prohibition of discrimination (Article 34(2) EC) —
Principles of legal certainty and the protection of legitimate
                            expectations)                                                         (Language of the case: Italian)
                          (2003/C 101/10)                                    (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
                                                                                                 in the European Court Reports)
                   (Language of the case: German)
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
                   in the European Court Reports)                            In Case C-59/01, Commission of the European Communities
                                                                             (Agents: C. Tufvesson and A. Aresu) v Italian Republic (Agent:
                                                                             U. Leanza, assisted by G. de Bellis): Application for a declaration
                                                                             that, by introducing and maintaining in force rate-freezing
In Case C-14/01: Reference to the Court under Article 234                    rules applicable to all contracts of insurance in respect of third-
EC by the Verwaltungsgericht Hannover (Germany) for a                        party liability arising from the use of motor vehicles in relation
preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that                    to risks situated within Italian territory, without distinguishing
court between Molkerei Wagenfeld Karl Niemann GmbH &                         between insurance companies having their head office in Italy
Co. KG and Bezirksregierung Hannover, on the validity of                     and those carrying on business in Italy through branch offices
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999 of 17 December                       or under the freedom to provide services, in breach of:
1999 laying down detailed rules for applying Regulation (EC)
No 1255/1999 as regards the grant of aid for skimmed milk                    (a)   the principle of the freedom to set premiums and the
and skimmed-milk powder intended for animal feed and the                           abolition of prior or systematic controls over premiums
sale of such skimmed-milk powder (OJ 1999 L 340, p. 3), the                        and contracts, as dealt with in Articles 6, 29 and 39 of
Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of: R. Schintgen, President                        Council Directive 92/49/EEC of 18 June 1992 on the
of the Second Chamber, acting for the President of the Sixth                       coordination of laws, regulations and administrative
Chamber, V. Skouris (Rapporteur), F. Macken, N. Colneric and                       provisions relating to direct insurance other than life
J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, Judges; P. Léger, Advocate General; M.-                      assurance and amending Directives 73/239/EEC and 88/
F. Contet, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given                   357/EEC (third non-life insurance Directive) (OJ 1992
a judgment on 6 March 2003, in which it has ruled:                                 L 228, p. 1);
Examination of the question referred for a preliminary ruling has            (b)   the provisions of Article 44 of that directive, which
revealed no factor of such a kind as to affect the legality of                     concern arrangements for gathering information on the
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999 of 17 December                             amount of the premiums, claims and commission, the
1999 laying down detailed rules for applying Regulation (EC)                       frequency and average cost of claims, and the exchange
No 1255/1999 as regards the grant of aid for skimmed milk and                      of information between the regulatory authorities of the
skimmed-milk powder intended for animal feed and the sale of such                  home Member State and those of the host Member State,
skimmed-milk powder.
                                                                             the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under
( 1) OJ C 79 of 10.3.2001.                                                   that directive, the Court, composed of: G.C. Rodríguez Iglesias,
                                                                             President, J.-P. Puissochet, M. Wathelet and C.W.A. Timmer-
                                                                             mans (Presidents of Chambers), D.A.O. Edward, P. Jann,
                                                                             F. Macken, N. Colneric, S. von Bahr, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues
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(Rapporteur) and A. Rosas, Judges; S. Alber, Advocate General;                (Agents: K.-D. Borchardt and M. Niejahr), which contends that
L. Hewlett, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given             the Court — composed of: G.C. Rodríguez Iglesias, (President),
a judgment on 25 February 2003, in which it:                                  J.-P. Puissochet, M. Wathelet, R. Schintgen (Rapporteur) and
                                                                              C.W.A. Timmermans, (Presidents of Chambers), C. Gulmann,
                                                                              D.A.O. Edward, A. La Pergola, P. Jann and V. Skouris, F. Macken
1.    Declares that, by introducing and maintaining in force rate-            and N. Colneric, S. von Bahr, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues and
      freezing rules applicable to all contracts of insurance in respect      A. Rosas, Judges; P. Léger, Advocate General; R. Grass,
      of third-party liability arising from the use of motor vehicles in
                                                                              Registrar, has given a judgment on 6 March 2003, in which it:
      relation to risks situated within Italian territory, without
      distinguishing between insurance companies having their head
      office in Italy and those conducting their business in Italy            1.    Dismisses the appeal;
      through branch offices or under the freedom to provide services,
      in breach of the principle of freedom to set premiums referred to
      in Articles 6, 29 and 39 of Council Directive 92/49/EEC of              2.    Orders T Port GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.
      18 June 1992 on the coordination of laws, regulations and
      administrative provisions relating to direct insurance other than
      life assurance and amending Directives 73/239/EEC and 88/               (1 ) OJ C 245 of 1 September 2001.
      357/EEC (third non-life insurance Directive), the Italian
      Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;
2.    Dismisses the remainder of the application;
3.    Orders each party to bear its own costs.
( 1) OJ C 134 of 5.5.2001.                                                                     JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                                                                                                        (Fifth Chamber)
                                                                                                     of 27 February 2003
                  JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                       in Case C-320/01 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from
                                                                              the Arbeitsgericht Lübeck): Wiebke Busch v Klinikum
                                                                                          Neustadt GmbH & Co. Betriebs-KG (1)
                          of 6 March 2003
                                                                              (Equal treatment for men and women — Article 2(1) of
in Case C-213/01 P: T Port GmbH & Co. KG v Commission
                                                                                 Directive 76/207/EEC — Protection of pregnant women)
                of the European Communities ( 1)
(Appeal — Bananas — Imports from ACP States and                                                         (2003/C 101/13)
non-member countries — Calculation of annual reference
quantity allocated to operators — Imports in accordance
                                                                                                 (Language of the case: German)
with interim measures ordered by a national court in
       interlocutory proceedings — Action for damages)
                                                                              (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
                           (2003/C 101/12)                                                       in the European Court Reports)
                    (Language of the case: German)
                                                                              In Case C-320/01: Reference to the Court under Article 234
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published        EC by the Arbeitsgericht Lübeck (Germany) for a preliminary
                    in the European Court Reports)                            ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between
                                                                              Wiebke Busch and Klinikum Neustadt GmbH & Co. Betriebs-
                                                                              KG, on the interpretation of Article 2(1) of Council Directive
                                                                              76/207/EEC of 9 February 1976 on the implementation of the
In Case C-213/01 P: T Port GmbH & Co. KG, established in                      principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards
Hamburg (Germany) (lawyer: G. Meier) — appeal against the                     access to employment, vocational training and promotion,
judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) of                    and working conditions (OJ 1976 L 39, p. 40), the Court (Fifth
20 March 2001 in Case T-52/99 (ECR II-981), seeking to have                   Chamber), composed of: M. Wathelet (Rapporteur), President
that judgment set aside in part, the other party to the                       of the Chamber, C.W.A. Timmermans, P. Jann, S. von Bahr
proceedings being Commission of the European Communities,                     and A. Rosas, Judges; D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, Advocate