CELEX: 62013CA0132
Language: en
Date: 2014-03-13 00:00:00
Title: Case C-132/13: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 March 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Köln — Germany) — Zentrale zur Bekämpfung unlauteren Wettbewerbs eV v ILME GmbH (Request for a preliminary ruling  — Approximation of laws  — Directive 2006/95/EC  — Definition of ‘electrical equipment —’ – CE conformity marking  — Housing for multipole electrical connectors)

5.5.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 135/15
            
         Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 March 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Köln — Germany) — Zentrale zur Bekämpfung unlauteren Wettbewerbs eV v ILME GmbH
   (Case C-132/13) (1)
   
   ((Request for a preliminary ruling - Approximation of laws - Directive 2006/95/EC - Definition of ‘electrical equipment - ’– CE conformity marking - Housing for multipole electrical connectors))
   2014/C 135/16
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Landgericht Köln
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Zentrale zur Bekämpfung unlauteren Wettbewerbs eV
   
      Defendant: ILME GmbH
   
      Re:
   
   Request for a preliminary ruling — Landgericht Köln — Interpretation of Articles 1, 8 and 10 of, and Annexes II to IV to, Directive 2006/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the harmonisation of the laws of Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits (OJ 2006 L 374, p. 10) — Notion of ‘electrical equipment’ — Prohibition of affixing the ‘CE’ conformity marking to the housings of multipole connectors sold as separate parts.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   Article 1 of Directive 2006/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the harmonisation of the laws of Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits must be interpreted as meaning that housing for multipole connectors for industrial use, such as those at issue in the main proceedings, is covered by the definition of ‘electrical equipment’ for the purposes of that provision and must, therefore, bear the CE marking as long as its proper incorporation and use for the purpose for which it was made does not mean that it ceases to comply with the relevant safety requirements for which it has been examined.
   
      (1)  OJ C 164, 8.6.2013.