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Title: Case C-501/14: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 19 October 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Szegedi közigazgatási és munkaügyi bíróság — Hungary) — EL-EM-2001 Ltd v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Dél-alföldi Regionális Vám- és Pénzügyőri Főigazgatósága (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Road transport — Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 — Article 10(3) — Articles 18 and 19 — Fine imposed on the driver — Measures necessary to the execution of the penalty taken against the transport company — Immobilisation of the vehicle)
Date: 2016-10-19T02:00:00.000+02:00
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#### 19.12.2016   

EN

#### Official Journal of the European Union

#### C 475/2

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# Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 19 October 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Szegedi közigazgatási és munkaügyi bíróság — Hungary) — EL-EM-2001 Ltd v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Dél-alföldi Regionális Vám- és Pénzügyőri Főigazgatósága

(Case C-501/14) (<a id="ntc1-C_2016475EN.01000201-E0001" href="#ntr1-C_2016475EN.01000201-E0001"> (<span class="super note-tag">1</span>)</a>)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Road transport - Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 - Article 10(3) - Articles 18 and 19 - Fine imposed on the driver - Measures necessary to the execution of the penalty taken against the transport company - Immobilisation of the vehicle))

(2016/C 475/02)

Language of the case: Hungarian

#### **Referring court**

Szegedi közigazgatási és munkaügyi bíróság

#### **Parties to the main proceedings**

*Applicant: EL-EM-2001 Ltd*

Defendant: Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Dél-alföldi Regionális Vám- és Pénzügyőri Főigazgatósága

#### **Operative part of the judgment**

Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport and amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 3821/85 and (EC) No 2135/98 and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 must be interpreted as precluding national legislation which authorises, as a precautionary measure, the immobilisation of a vehicle owned by a transport undertaking in a situation where, firstly, the driver of that vehicle, employed by the undertaking, drove it in breach of the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 of 20 December 1985 on recording equipment in road transport and, secondly, the competent national authority did not establish the liability of that undertaking, since such a precautionary measure does not meet the requirements of the principle of proportionality.

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[^]: (<span class="note">1</span>) <a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2015:046:TOC">OJ C 46, 9.2.2015</a>.

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