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Følgelig må alle frugt- eller druevine, som er fremstillet i Benelux-staterne, anses for indenlandske varer i traktatens artikel 95's forstand.
Such tax discrimination against imported products cannot be regarded as necessary for the functioning of the Benelux system and, therefore, as justified on the basis of Article 233 of the Treaty.
Det var ikke i strid med traktaten at give luxembourgske druevine en afgiftsmæssig fortrinsstilling inden for Benelux-området i forhold til importerede vine.
Subject to the assessment which the national court must make as to whether there are fruit
Det tilkommer den nationale ret at vurdere på grundlag af disse kriterier, om også kvalitetsrødvine fra et bestemt dyrkningsområde må anses for lignende varer som frugtvine i traktatens artikel 95, stk. l's forstand.
wines possessing similar properties, it is for that court to determine whether the wine at issue may be regarded as similar.
ordning, som var fastsat i artikel 6, stk. 3, i konventionen om Den Belgisk-luxembourgske Økonomiske Union af 25. juli 1921.
kind as to have the effect, on the market in question, of reducing potential consumption of the imported products to the advantage of competing domestic products.
De som følge heraf gældende afgiftsfritagelser blev ophævet den 1. januar 1993 ved artikel 2 i Rådets forordning (EØF) nr. 204/90.
In that connection, the national court must have regard to the difference between the selling prices of the products in question and the impact of that difference on the consumer's choice, as well as to changes in the consumption of those products.
Benelux-staterne handlede derfor ikke i strid med artikel 95 ved at give de i Luxembourg fremstillede druevine en afgiftsmæssig fortrinsstilling, hvorimod de ikke dermed var berettiget til at stille de frugtvine, som var fremstillet i en af de tre Benelux-stater, fordelagtigere til skade for de eventuelt lignende drikkevarer, som hidrørte fra en anden af Fællesskabets medlemsstater.
By the second question, the Court is asked to decide whether, in the event of an affirmative answer to the first question, the effects of the present judgment should be limited in time.
Hvad angår de i sagen omhandlede hedvine at typen sherry og madeira bemærkes, at disse vine betragtes som værende forskellige fra bordvine, da de normalt indtages dels som aperitif, dels som dessertvin, og dermed tjener forskellige forbrugsbehov.
As regards champagne, it should first be observed that, although both sparkling fruit wines and champagne are obtained from the same kind of basic products, they are not made by the same process.
Desuden bemærkes, at alkoholindholdet i sherry (som er på 17% vol.) og i madeira (18% vol.) er højere end i frugtvin (15% vol.), som behandles lempeligere i afgiftsmæssig henseende.
Whereas champagne is made sparkling by a natural method - by a second alcoholic fermentation in the bottle - sparkling fruit wines require the addition of carbon dioxide, a fermentation process which is not natural.
De frugtvine, som fremstilles inden for Beneluxområdet, fik imidlertid en afgiftsmæssig fortrinsstilling i forhold til de importerede druevine, som Kommissionen og sagsøgerne i hovedsagen anser for lignende varer som frugtvine.
Secondly, the organoleptic properties of champagne are not comparable to those of sparkling fruit wines.
Denne afgiftsmæssige forskelsbehandling af de importerede varer kan ikke anses for nødvendig for, at den ved Benelux-aftalen indførte ordning kan fungere tilfredsstillende, og kan derfor ikke anses for berettiget efter traktatens artikel 233.
Thirdly, the two categories of beverage do not meet the same needs of consumers, particularly since the consumption of champagne is usually associated with special occasions.
Følgelig har vermouth ikke tilsvarende organoleptiske egenskaber som stille frugtvine, og de to grupper af drikkevarer tjener dermed forskellige forbrugsbehov.
Having regard to those criteria, it is for the national court to assess whether champagne may be regarded as a product similar to sparkling fruit wines whose alcoholic strength does not exceed 15% vol.
Spørgsmålet om de pågældende varer er lignende
The application of the second paragraph of Article 95
På grundlag af de konstateringer, som det tilkommer den forelæggende ret at foretage med hensyn til, om der findes frugtvine med tilsvarende egenskaber, må den forelæggende ret vurdere, om den i sagen omhandlede vin kan betragtes som en lignende vare.
Limiting the effects of a judgment giving a preliminary ruling on a matter of interpretation appears to be quite exceptional. The Court has taken such a step only in certain specific circumstances, where there was a risk of serious economic repercussions owing in particular to the large number of legal relationships entered into in good faith on the basis of rules considered to be validly in force, and where it appeared that both individuals and national authorities had been led into adopting practices which did not comply with Community law by reason of objective, significant uncertainty regarding the implications of Community provisions, to which the conduct of other Member States or the Commission may even have contributed.
Det skal dernæst undersøges, om de forskellige druevine, som er omhandlet i hovedsagerne, er lignende varer som frugtvine i traktatens artikel 95, stk. l's forstand.
Although national legislation such at that in dispute in the main proceedings may be compatible with the first paragraph of Article 95, with respect to sherry, madeira, vermouth and champagne, it may nevertheless conflict with the second paragraph of Article 95.
Hvad angår rødvine må der sondres mellem bordvine og kvalitetsrødvine fra et bestemt dyrkningsområde.
Consideration of the present case has disclosed no factor of such a nature as to justify a derogation from the principle that interpretative judgments have retroactive effect.
Domstolen har tidligere fastslået, at bordvine, uanset om der er tale om frugtvin eller druevin, fremstilles på grundlag af samme slags råvarer, nemlig landbrugsprodukter, og efter samme fremstillingsmetode, nemlig naturlig gæring. Domstolen har endvidere fastslået, at de to grupper vine har ensartede organoleptiske egenskaber, navnlig i henseende til smag og alkoholindhold, og at de tjener samme forbrugsbehov, idet de egner sig til at indtages ved de samme lejligheder, både som en forfriskning og i forbindelse med måltider.
In that connection the Court has already observed that the second paragraph of Article 95 of the Treaty is intended to prevent any form of indirect fiscal protectionism affecting imported products which, although not similar, within the meaning of the first paragraph of Article 95, to domestic products, are nevertheless in a competitive relationship with some of them, even if only partially, indirectly or potentially.
Hvad angår champagne bemærkes først, at såvel mousserende frugtvine som champagne ganske vist fremstilles på grundlag af samme slags råvarer, men dog ikke efter samme fremstillingsmetode.
Both the interpretation of Article 95 and the question of its direct applicability have been dealt with in a long-standing, copious and varied body of case-law which has dispelled all doubts regarding the scope of that provision.
Mens champagne gøres mousserende ved en naturlig metode, nemlig ved hjælp af yderligere en alkoholisk gæring på flaske, er det nødvendigt at tilsætte kulsyre til de mousserende frugtvine, hvilket ikke er en naturlig gæringsmetode.
It should also be noted that on 17 October 1990 the Commission commenced infringement proceedings against the Kingdom of the Netherlands precisely on the ground that the legislation in question in the main proceedings was incompatible with Article 95 of the Treaty.
Desuden kan champagnes organoleptiske egenskaber ikke sammenlignes med de mousserende frugtvines.
Those proceedings were subsequently abandoned after the Netherlands adopted new legislation
Endelig tjener de to grupper af drikkevarer ikke de samme forbrugsbehov, navnlig fordi champagne normalt drikkes ved særlige lejligheder.
The assessment of the compatibility of a fiscal charge with the second paragraph of Article 95 must take account of the impact of that charge on the competitive relationships between the products concerned.
Selv om en national lovgivning af den i hovedsagerne omhandlede art måtte være forenelig med traktatens artikel 95, stk. 1, for så vidt angår sherry, madeira, vermouth og champagne, kan den dog være i strid med artikel 95, stk. 2.
The financial consequences which might ensue for a government owing to the unlawfulness of a tax have never justified in themselves limiting the effects of a judgment of the Court.
Formålet med traktatens artikel 95, stk. 2, er at afskaffe enhver form for indirekte afgiftsmæssig beskyttelse af indenlandske varer i forhold til varer, som uden i stk. l's forstand at være lignende varer som indenlandske varer dog delvis, indirekte eller potentielt er i konkurrence med visse af de indenlandske varer.
After all, if it were otherwise, the most serious infringements would receive more lenient treatment in so far as it is those infringements that are likely to have the most significant financial implications for Member States.
Denne procedure blev senere indstillet, efter at Nederlandene havde vedtaget de nye lovbestemmelser på området, som trådte i kraft den 1. januar 1993.
Furthermore, to limit the effects of a judgment solely on the basis of such considerations would considerably diminish the
Andet spørgsmål
The Court ruled:
I modsat fald ville de groveste tilsidesættelser i øvrigt blive behandlet lempeligst, da det er dem, som kan have de største finansielle følger for medlemsstaterne.
A Member State may not rely on Article 233 of the EEC Treaty in order to avoid its obligations under Article 95 ofthat Treaty where this is not indispensable for the good functioning of the Benelux system.
Virkningen af en dom vedrørende en præjudiciel anmodning om en fortolkning kan kun begrænses tidsmæssigt, såfremt der foreligger helt ekstraordinære omstændigheder. Domstolen har kun truffet en sådan bestemmelse under ganske bestemte forhold, hvor der ellers var risiko for alvorlige økonomiske følger, navnlig fordi der var stiftet mange retsforhold i god tro i henhold til de pågældende retsforskrifter, som blev anset for
The first paragraph of Article 95 of the EEC Treaty is to be interpreted as meaning that it is for the national court, having regard to the criteria identified by the Court of Justice, to assess whether: products such as, on the one hand, red table wine, quality red wines produced in specified regions, sherry, madeira and vermouth and, on the other hand, still fruit wines whose alcoholic strength does not exceed 15% vol, are similar, products such as champagne and sparkling fruit wines whose alcoholic strength does not exceed 15% vol. are similar.
Selv om fællesskabsretten ikke udelukker, at der tages hensyn til, at afgifter, der er opkrævet med urette, har kunnet overvæltes på andre erhvervs drivende eller forbrugerne, påhviler det medlemsstaterne at sikre, at tilbagebetaling af afgifter, som er opkrævet i strid med artikel 95, sker i overensstemmelse med reglerne i deres interne retsorden på betingelser, som ikke må være mindre gunstige end dem, der gælder for
The second paragraph of Article 95 is to be interpreted as meaning that, in order to assess the compatibility of a fiscal charge, account must be taken of the impact of that charge on the competitive relationships between the products concerned, so that it is important in particular to ascertain whether the charge would have the effect, on the market in question, of reducing potential consumption of the imported products to the advantage of competing domestic products.
Fællesskabets tilsvarende nationale søgsmål, og under ingen omstændigheder må umuliggøre hævdelse af rettigheder, retsorden.
There are no grounds for limiting in time the effects of the present judgment.'
Domstolen besvarede de forelagte spørgsmål således:
Advocate General Tesauro delivered his Opinion at the sitting of the Sixth Chamber on 19 January 1995.
En medlemsstat kan ikke påberåbe sig EØF-traktatens artikel 233 som begrundelse for at unddrage sig sine forpligtelser efter traktatens artikel 95, når dette ikke er nødvendigt for, at Benelux-onmingen kan fungere tilfredsstillende.
He proposed that the Court give the following answer to the questions submitted by the Tariefcommissie:
EØF-traktatens artikel 95, stk 1, skal fortolkes således, at den nationale ret på grundlag af de af Domstolen fastlagte kriterier skal vurdere, om varer såsom, på den ene side, røde bordvine, røde kvalitetsvine fra bestemte dyrkningsområder, sherry, madeira og vermouth og på den anden side, stille frugtvine med et alkoholindhold på ikke over 15% vol er lignende varer varer såsom champagne og mousserende frugtvine med et alkoholindhold på ikke over 15% vol er lignende varer.
Given the current level of integration existing in the Benelux countries with regard to rates of excise duty, a Member State may not rely on Article 233 of the EC Treaty in order to avoid the obligations incumbent upon it under Article 95 of that Treaty, from which it follows that the fiscal jurisdiction to be regarded as relevant for the purposes of Article 95 is that of the Member State concerned;
EØF-traktatens artikel 95, stk 2, skal fortolkes således, at vurderingen af, om en afgiftsbyrde er forenelig med denne bestemmelse, skal foretages under hensyn tü afgiftsbyrdens indvirkning på konkurrenceforholdet mellem de pågældende varer, hvorved det navnlig skul undersøges, om afgiftsbyrden kan påvirke det pågældende marked ved at nedsætte det potentielle forbrug af importerede varer til fordel for konkurrerende indenlandske varer.
The first paragraph of Article 95 of the EC Treaty is to be construed as meaning that red table wine and qwpsr red wine, on the one hand, and still fruit wines with an alcoholic strength not exceeding 15%, on the other, are similar products; whereas sherry, madeira and vermouth, on the one hand, and still fruit wines having an alcoholic strength not exceeding 15%, on the other, are not similar products; likewise, champagne and sparkling fruit wines are not similar products;
Virkningerne af denne dom skal ikke begrænses tidsmæssigt.*
The pre-conditions for a limitation of the effects of the judgment ratione temporis are not present in this case'.
Generaladvokat G. Tesauro fremsatte forslag til afgørelse i retsmødet (Femte Afdeling) den 19. januar 1995.
Case C-432/93 Société d'Informatique service réalisation organisation (SISRO) ν Ampersand Software BV Convention on jurisdiction/Enforcement of judgments
Derimod er produkter som sherry, madeira og vermouth, på den ene side, og stille frugtvine med et alkoholindhold på 15 vol. % eller derunder, på den anden side, ikke lignende varer. Heller ikke produkter som champagne og mousserende frugtvine er lignende varer.
Articles 36, 37 and 38 of the Convention form part of Section 2 of Title III of the Convention, which deals with the enforcement of judgments
BV Konventionen om retternes kompetence og om fuldbyrdelse af retsafgørelser
Article 34 of the Convention provides that the party against whom enforcement is sought cannot submit observations at this stage.
Ved kendelse afsagt den 14. juli 1993, indgået til Domstolen den 3. november 1993, har Court of Appeal forelagt tre præjudicielle spørgsmål ved rørende fortolkningen afBruxelles-konventionens artikel 37, stk. 2, og artikel 38, stk. 1.
In that appeal the Court of Appeal is asked by the party against whom enforcement is sought in England to rule both on the lawfulness of the High Court's dismissal of the appeal against the order for registration and on whether the High Court was right to lift the stay of proceedings previously ordered.
Konventionens artikel 36, 37 og 38 findes i konventionens afsnit III, afdeling 2, om fuldbyrdelse af retsafgørelser, som er eksigible i den kontraherende stat, hvor de er truffet.
Under Article 37(1) of the Convention, in England and Wales, the appeal is to be lodged, in accordance with the rules governing procedure in contentious matters, with the High Court, except in the case of a maintenance judgment.
Såfremt fuldbyrdelse tillades, kan den part, mod hvem fuldbyrdelse begæres, i henhold til konventionens artikel 36 anfægte afgørelsen ved appel eller genoptagelse inden en måned efter, at afgørelsen er forkyndt.
By this question the national court seeks essentially to know whether Article 37(2) and the first paragraph of Article 38 of the Convention are to be interpreted as meaning, firstly, that a decision by which a court of a Contracting State, seised of an appeal against authorization to enforce an enforceable judgment given in another Contracting State, refuses a stay or lifts a stay previously ordered can be contested by an appeal in cassation or similar form of appeal limited to the examination of points of law only and, secondly, that the court seised of such an appeal on a point of law under Article 37(2) of the Convention has jurisdiction to impose or reimpose such a stay of proceedings.
Såfremt den pågældende part har bopæl i en anden kontraherende stat end den, hvor afgørelsen, der tillader fuldbyrdelse, er truffet, er fristen for appel eller genoptagelse to måneder.
Under Article 37(2) of the Convention, the judgment given on the appeal may be contested only by an appeal in cassation or similar form of appeal.
Denne frist kan ikke forlænges på grund af afstanden.
In the case of the United Kingdom, Article 37(2) specifies that the judgment can be contested only 'by a single further appeal on a point of law'.
I England og Wales skal begæringen fremsættes for High Court of Justice, medmindre det drejer sig om en retsafgørelse om underholdspligt.
Pursuant to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, whose object is to bring the Convention into force in the United Kingdom, the court with jurisdiction for England is the Court of Appeal.
I konventionens artikel 34 bestemmes det, at den part, mod hvem fuldbyrdelse begæres, ikke på dette tidspunkt af sagens behandling kan fremsætte bemærkninger over for retten.
Moreover, the Court has on several occasions favoured a restrictive interpretation of the phrase 'judgment given on the appeal' in Article 37(2) of the Convention.
I henhold til konventionens artikel 37, stk. 1, skal afgørelsen, der tillader fuldbyrdelse, i overensstemmelse med reglerne om kontradiktorisk procedure i England og Wales anfægtes for High Court of Justice, medmindre det drejer sig om en retsafgørelse om underholdspligt.
'The court with which the appeal under Article 37(1) is lodged may, on the application of the appellant, stay the proceedings if an ordinary appeal has been lodged against the judgment in the State of origin or if the time for such an appeal has not yet expired; in the latter case, the
I konventionens artikel 39 bestemmes det, at så længe fristen for appel eller genoptagelse ikke er udløbet, og så længe der ikke er truffet afgørelse i appel- eller genoptagelsessagen, kan der kun anvendes sikrende retsmidler vedrørende den parts formuegoder, mod hvem fuldbyrdelse begæres.
The Court accordingly held in that judgment that a decision taken under Article 38 of the Convention by which the court seised of an appeal against an order for the enforcement of a judgment given in another Contracting State has refused to stay the proceedings does not constitute a 'judgment given on the appeal' within the meaning of Article 37(2) of the Convention, and may not, therefore, be contested
For Det Forenede Kongeriges vedkommende bestemmes det i artikel 37, stk. 2, at afgørelsen i appel- eller genoptagelsessagen kun kan anfægtes ved »en enkelt appel vedrørende et retligt spørgsmål«. Den kompetente retsinstans for Englands vedkommende er Court of Appeal.
appeal in cassation quashes the decision of an inferior court, it simply remits the case to another court for a decision on the substance; the latter court may then stay the proceedings under Article 38 of the Convention.
»Den ret, der behandler appel- eller genoptagelsessagen, kan efter begæring fra den part, som har indbragt sagen, udsætte sin afgørelse, såfremt den udenlandske afgørelse i domsstaten er anfægtet ved ordinær appel eller genoptagelse, eller såfremt fristen herfor endnu ikke er udløbet; i sidstnævnte tilfælde kan retten fastsætte en frist for iværksættelse af appel eller indgivelse af begæring om genoptagelse.
That interpretation applies to any decision on a stay of proceedings taken by the court with which an appeal has been lodged against the authorization of enforcement or registration for enforcement of a judgment given in another Contracting State, including a decision to lift a stay previously ordered.
Domstolen har fastslået, at en afgørelse i henhold til konventionens artikel 38, hvorved den ret, der behandler appel- eller genoptagelsessagen vedrørende tilladelse til fuldbyrdelse af en i en anden kontraherende stal truffet retsafgørelse, har truffet beslutning om ikke at udsætte sin afgørelse, ikke er en »afgørelse, der træffes i appel- eller genoptagelsessagen« i konventionens artikel 37, stk. 2's forstand, hvorfor den ikke kan anfægtes ved en kassationsappel eller et tilsvarende retsmiddel.
Both the wording of the Convention and its general scheme show that it distinguishes between the 'court with which the appeal ... is lodged' within the meaning of the first paragraph of Article 38 and the court in which 'the judgment given on the appeal' is contested within the meaning of Article 37(2), the former term relating to Articles 36 and 37(1) to the exclusion of Article 37(2).
Denne fortolkning gælder for alle afgørelser om udsættelse, som træffes af en ret, der behandler en appel- eller genoptagelsessag vedrørende en fuldbyrdelsestilladelse eller vedrørende en registreringsafgørelse med henblik på fuldbyrdelse af en retsafgørelse, der er truffet i en anden kontraherende stat, herunder også en afgørelse om at ophæve en tidligere meddelt udsættelse.
It follows from the case-law, firstly, that the Convention established an enforcement procedure which constitutes an autonomous and complete system independent of the legal systems of the Contracting States and, secondly, that the principle of legal certainty in the Community legal system and the objectives of the Convention in accordance with Article 220 of the EEC Treaty, which is at its origin, require a uniform application in all Contracting States of the Convention rules and the relevant case-law of the Court.
Hvad særligt angår de omstændigheder, hvor under nærværende præjudicielle forelæggelse har fundet sted, bemærkes, at der for Court of Appeal, i medfør af konventionens artikel 37, stk. 2, er indbragt en »appel vedrørende et retligt spørgsmål«; den appellerede afgørelse er truffet af High Court of Justice efter hegæring om genoptagelse, i medfør af konventionens artikel 36, af en afgørelse om registrering med henblik på fuldbyrdelse i Det Forenede Kongerige af en eksigibel retsafgørelse truffet i en anden kontraherende stat.
Furthermore, since the effect of procedural issues is to delay the enforcement in one Contracting State of a judgment given in another Contracting State, they represent a derogation from the Convention's object of establishing a simple and rapid machinery for the enforcement of judgments which are enforceable in the State of origin, and hence the rules relating to them must be interpreted strictly.
Det fremgår således såvel af konventionens ordlyd som af dens systematik, at der i konventionen sondres mellem »den ret, der behandler appel- eller genoptagelsessagen« i artikel 38, stk. l's forstand og den ret, for hvilken en »afgørelse ... i appel- eller genoptagelsessagen« anfægtes i artikel 37, stk. 2's forstand, idet det førstnævnte udtryk vedrører artikel 36 og artikel 37, stk. 1, men ikke artikel 37, stk. 2.
For the same reasons, the court referred to in Article 37(2) of the Convention does not have jurisdiction to decide on a stay of proceedings under Article 38.