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Domstolen fandt, at Kommissionen ikke generelt bør være afskåret fra at basere sin opfattelse på de i sagen foreliggende omstændigheder som helhed,
In that regard, the Court noted that payment of a tax on the sale of immovable property constitutes a burden which renders the conditions of sale of the
- 7 - såfremt disse godtgør, at der virkelig er iværksat en støtteordning.
property more onerous and thus has repercussions on the position of the transferor.
Kom missionen havde i den omhandlede sag henvist til tre forhold, som efter dens opfattelse godtgjorde, at der var tilvejebragt en sådan støtteordning.
In a case such as this, the vendor is in a distinctly less favourable position than if it had chosen the form of a public or private limited company instead of that of a permanent establishment for its business in the Netherlands.
Det første forhold, som Kommissionen fremhævede, var, at al den investeringsstøtte, som blev ydet, havde til formål at forhindre, at de støtte modtagende virksomheder forlod Hamburg.
Although the difference in treatment has only an Indirect effect on the position of companies constituted under the law of other Member States, it constitutes discrimination on grounds of nationality which is prohibited by Article 52 of the Treaty.
Kommissionen henviste navnlig til, at den havde modtaget et dokument fra forbundsregeringen vedrørende de forskellige former for støtte, som Hamburg havde besluttet at yde, og som ifølge selve overskriften til dokumentet havde til formål "at forhindre afvandring af virksomheder".
Articles 52 and 58 of the Treaty preclude the law of a Member State from restricting exemption from the tax on transactions relating to immovable property which is normally payable in the event of transfers or sales which take place in connection with a reorganization within a group of companies only to cases where the company qualifying for exemption acquires immovable property from a company constituted under national law, and refusing to grant such relief where the transferor is a company constituted under the law of another Member State.
En sådan politik kunne nemlig gennemføres ved hjælp af meget forskellige foranstaltninger eller endda ved iværksættelse af meget uensartede former for støtteordninger.
Mr Advocate General Lenz delivered his Opinion at the sitting of the Sixth Chamber on 10 February 1994
De to øvrige forhold, som Kommissionen havde henvist til i beslutningens begrundelse, vedrørte dels den omstændighed, at de forskellige former for støtte blev ydet på grundlag af det samme afsnit i budgettet, dels den omstændighed, at beslutningen om at tildele støtte i alle tilfælde blev truffet af samme administrative myndighed.
"Where a Member State imposes a charge on the acquisition of immovable property situated in that State or rights in rem relating thereto and allows relief where the acquisition is part of an internal reorganization of a group if the companies within it are constituted in one of the specified legal forms, it is contrary to Articles 52 and 58 of the EEC Treaty for relief to be granted where the transferor is a company incorporated under the law of that Member State but not if the transferor is a similar company incorporated under the law of, and established in, another Member State.
Domstolen bemærkede, at så længe Kommissionen ikke havde fremlagt mere præcise oplysninger vedrørende Delstaten Hamburg's forvaltnings- og bevillingspraksis i forbindelse med tildeling af den støtte, som var omhandlet i beslutningen, fandt Domstolen ikke, at de to førnævnte forhold var til strækkelige til, at der kunne antages at foreligge en støtteordning.
If the transferor is a company incorporated under the law of, and established in, another Member State and it applies for such tax relief, the first Member State must examine whether the features of the transferor correspond to those of the companies constituted in the prescribed legal forms."
Kommissionen havde kun påvist, at al støtten blev ydet under anvendelse af samme procedure.
Case C-324/90 Federal Republic of Germany ν Pieuger Horthington GmbH
Herom bemærkede Domstolen, at Kommissionen havde forsømt sin forpligtelse efter Domstolens praksis til at udstede en midlertidig beslutning, hvorved den gav forbundsregeringen pålæg om at forsyne den med alle de oplysninger om den støtte, der som helhed var ydet af Hamburg, og som efter Kommissionens opfattelse udgjorde et led i en støtteordning.
By applications lodged at the Court Registry on 23 October and 16 November 1990 respectively, the Federal Republic of Germany and Pleuger Worthington GmbH brought actions for the annulment of Commission Decision 91/389/EEC.
Under disse forhold kunne Kommissionen ikke med føje påberåbe sig, at For bundsrepublikken Tyskland havde undladt at anmelde de omhandlede individuelle støtteforanstaltninger og ikke på grundlag heraf konkludere, at der var tilvejebragt en støtteordning.
The contested decision, which was adopted on 18 July 1990, finds in Article 1 that the aid programme introduced by the City of Hamburg to prevent the outmigration of undertakings was unlawful since it had been put into effect in breach of Article 93(3) of the Treaty and that 1t was incompatible with the common market, within the meaning of Articles 92 and 93 of the EEC Treaty.
Kommissionens beslutning 91/389/EØF af 18. juli 1990 om støtte ydet af Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg annulleres.
The alleged insufficient reasoning of the decision as regards the existence of an aid programme
Generaladvokat M. Darmon fremsatte forslag til afgørelse i retsmødet (Domstolens plenum) den 6. oktober 1993.
On the contrary, the Commission expressly recognized in its decision that there was no special aid programme in Hamburg.
Han foreslog Domstolen:
Nevertheless, it based its conclusion on factual matters.
"at frifinde Kommissionen, og at sagens omkostninger betales af Forbundsrepublikken Tyskland i sag C-324/90 og af virksomheden Pieuger Worthington GmbH i sag C-342/90."
Certainly, the Commission may not in principle be barred from relying on a set of circumstances which taken as a whole indicate the de facto existence of an aid programme.
Præjudiciel "EKSF-traktaten - licenser til udvinding af uforarbejdet kul - anvendelse af traktatens artikel 4, litra d), artikel 65 og artikel 66, stk. 7 -direkte virkning - ingen - erstatning for skade som følge af tilsidesæt tel se af nævnte bestemmelser - Kommissionens og de nationale retsinstansers respektive beføjelser" (Domstolens plenum)
The first factor relied upon by the Commission was that all the investment subsidies were designed to prevent the recipient undertakings from leaving Hamburg. The Commission pointed out, in particular, that the Federal Government had sent to it a document, entitled 'Prevention of the Exodus of Undertakings' , relating to the various aids which the City of Hamburg had decided to grant.
Ved kendelse af 25. februar 1992, der indgik til Domstolen den 17. april 1992, havde High Court of Justice of England and Nales (Queen's Bench Division) forelagt en række præjudicielle spørgsmål vedrørende fortolkningen af EKSF-traktatens artikel 4, litra d), artikel 60, 65 og artikel 66, stk. 7, og af EØF-traktatens artikel 85, 86 og artikel 232, stk. 1.
The Court observed generally that the mere fact that a set of aids may be part of a policy to prevent the exodus of undertakings is not sufficient to demonstrate that all those aids must be treated as a programme for the purposes of the application of Article 93 of the Treaty: such a policy may be conducted on the basis of measures of a very different nature and even by means of yery varied aid programmes.
Sagsøgeren i hovedsagen, Banks, er en privat virksomhed, der producerer kul i henhold til licenser til udvinding heraf meddelt af British Coal, en offentlig virksomhed, der blev oprettet ved Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946, og som har ejendomsretten til næsten samtlige stenkulsreserver i Det Forenede Kongerige.
The two other factors referred to by the Commission in the reasoning of the decision were that the various aids were granted under the same budget heading and that the same administrative body made decisions on the grant of all the aids.
I henhold til den nævnte lov er British Coal til lagt eneret med hensyn til forarbejdning og udvinding og til at meddele licenser til andre.
In the absence of any further explanations by the Commission on the question of the administrative and financial practices followed by the City of Hamburg
Banks gjorde herunder navnlig gældende, at der var sket en tilsidesættelse af EKSF-traktatens artikel 4, litra d), artikel 60, 65 og artikel 66, stk. 7, og, subsidiært, af EØF-traktatens artikel 85, 86 og artikel 232, stk. 1.
In particular, the Commission has failed to Indicate legislative, administrative, financial or economic factors which would have enabled all the aids in question to be characterized as belonging to a separate programme of other aids of the City of Hamburg.
British Coal havde for det første i forbindelse med licenserne fastsat royaltybeløbene så uforholdsmæssigt højt, at Banks ikke kunne opnå nogen rimelig fortjeneste.
Yet the Commission did not order the Federal Government, by interim decision, to provide it with all the information relating to all the aids granted by the City of Hamburg, which, according to the Commission, formed part of a programme, as it ought to have done.
For det andet havde British Coal betalt en unormalt lav pris for det kul, der blev produceret i henhold til royaltyfrie licenser.
Annuls Commission Decision 91/389/EEC of 18 July 1990 on aids granted by the City of Hamburg;
Den i hovedsagen omtvistede licensordning måtte derfor undersøges i lyset af EKSF-traktatens artikel 4, litra d), artikel 65 og artikel 66, stk. 7.
Mr Advocate General Darmon delivered his Opinion at the sitting of the Full Court on 6 October 1993.
Spørgsmål 3
He proposed as follows:
Domstolen bemærkede indledningsvis, at da artikel 4, litra d), ikke kan finde selvstændig anvendelse, kan bestemmelsen ikke være umiddelbart anvendelig.
"that the applications should be dismissed and that the Court should order the costs to be paid by the Federal Republic of Germany in Case C-324/90 and by Pleuger Worthington GmbH in Case C-342/90."
Hvad angår artikel 65 har Kommissionen i henhold til stk. 4, andet afsnit, under forbehold af den prøvelsesret, der er tillagt Retten og Domstolen, en enekompetence til at udtale sig om, hvorvidt aftaler, der er forbudt efter stk. 1, er forenelige med bestemmelserne i artikel 65. Private kan derfor ikke for de nationale retsinstanser påberåbe sig, at en aftale er uforenelig med artikel 65, for så vidt Kommissionen ikke har fastslået, at der foreligger en sådan uforenelighed.
Case C-128/92 H.J. Banks å Company Limited ν British Coal Corporation 13 April 1994 (Preliminary ruling) (ECSC) (ECSC Treaty - Licences for the extraction of unworked coal - Application of Articles 4(d), 65 and 66(7) of the ECSC Treaty - Direct effect - Exclusion -Compensation for damage resulting from the infringement of those provisions -Powers of the Commission and of the national court) (Full Court)
I henhold til artikel 66, stk. 7, tilkommer det ligeledes udelukkende Kom missionen at afgøre, hvorvidt offentlige eller private virksomheder, som på markedet for et af de produkter, der hører under dens kompetence, indtager eller erhverver en retligt eller faktisk dominerende stilling, hvorved de på en væsentlig del af det fælles marked unddrages en egentlig konkurrence, må antages at udnytte denne stilling til formål, der strider mod målsætningerne med traktaten.
By order of 25 February 1992, received at the Court on 17 April 1992, the High Court of Justice of England and Wales (Queen's Bench Division) referred to the Court for a preliminary ruling a number of questions on the interpretation of Articles 4(d), 60, 65 and 66(7) of the ECSC Treaty and Articles 85, 86 and 232(1) of the EEC Treaty.
Domstolen bemærkede, at det fulgte af besvarelsen af det tredje spørgsmål, at da Kommissionen har en enekompetence til at fastslå, at der er sket tilsidesættelser af bestemmelserne i artikel 65 og artikel 66, stk. 7, kan de nationale retsinstanser ikke give nogen medhold i et erstatningssøgsmål, for så vidt Kommissionen ikke har truffet nogen beslutning i medfør af denne kompetence.
It alleged, in particular, breach of Articles 4(d), 60, 65 and 66(7)) of the ECSC Treaty and, in the alternative, of Articles 85, 86 and 232(1) of the EEC Treaty.the level of royalty set by British Coal under royalty licences was excessive and prevented Banks from making a reasonable profit and, second, that the price paid by British Coal for coal produced under delivered licences was unreasonably low.
Spørgsmål 6
Questions 1 and 2
Med dette spørgsmål ønskede den nationale retsinstans i det væsentlige oplyst, hvorvidt den retligt eller med hensyn til de faktiske omstændigheder er bundet af, hvad Kommissionen har lagt til grund i en beslutning truffet efter en klage på grundlag af EKSF-traktatens artikel 65 og artikel 66, stk. 7.
The High Court's first and second questions asked, in essence, which provisions of the ECSC Treaty or the EEC Treaty are relevant to the case before it.
De nationale retsinstanser kan dog forelægge Domstolen spørgsmål om beslutningernes gyldighed eller fortolkning.
As to which provisions are applicable to the practices of the undertakings in question, Article 4 applies by itself only in the absence of more specific rules.
Domstolen besvarede herefter de forelagte spørgsmål således:
The licensing system at issue in the main proceedings must therefore be examined in the light of Articles 4(d), 65 and 66(7) of the ECSC Treaty.
De bestemmelser, der er relevante for vurderingen af licenserne til udvinding af uforarbejdet kul og de heri fastsatte royalty- og betalingsbetingelser, er bestemmelserne i EKSF-traktaten, jf. navnlig artikel 4, litra d), artikel 65 og artikel 66, stk. 7, men ikke artikel 60.
As regards Article 65, the second subparagraph of its fourth paragraph confers on the Commission sole jurisdiction, subject to review by the Court of First
Artikel 4, litra d), artikel 65 og artikel 66, stk. 7, skaber ikke rettigheder for private, som disse kan påberåbe sig umiddelbart ved de nationale retsinstanser.
Likewise, Article 66(7) reserves to the Commission the power to verify whether public or private undertakings which, in law or In fact, hold or acquire in the market for one of the products within its jurisdiction a dominant position shielding them against effective competition In a substantial part of the common market are using that position for purposes contrary to the objectives of the Treaty.
Da Kommissionen har en enekompetence til at fastslå, at der er sket tilsidesættelser af bestemmelserne i artikel 65 og artikel 66, stk. 7, kan de nationale retsinstanser ikke give nogen medhold i et erstatningssøgsmål, for så vidt Kommissionen ikke har truffet nogen beslutning 1 medfør af denne kompetence.
In Questions 4 and 5, the national court asked the Court to rule, first, on whether the national courts have the power and/or the obligation under Community law to award damages in respect of breach by an undertaking of the ECSC Treaty provisions in question, and, second, whether that power or obligation depends on a prior decision by the Commission, the exhaustion of remedies available under the ECSC Treaty and/or the completion of the steps or procedures indicated in the relevant provisions.
De nationale retsinstanser kan dog forelægge Domstolen spørgsmål om beslutningernes gyldighed eller fortolkning."
The essence of this question was whether the national court is bound as regards issues of fact or law by a Commission decision taken as a result of a complaint on the basis of Articles 65 and 66(7) of the ECSC Treaty.
Generaladvokat W. Van Gerven fremsatte forslag til afgørelse i retsmødet (Domstolens plenum) den 27. oktober 1993.
As the Commission has sole jurisdiction, subject to review by the Court of First Instance and the Court of Justice, to adopt decisions on the basis of Articles 65 and 66(7) of the Treaty, such decisions, which are binding in their entirety pursuant to Article 14 of the ECSC Treaty, are binding on the national courts.
Licenser til at udvinde ubrudt kul og de deri fastsatte betingelser vedrørende royalties eller salgspriser er omfattet af EKSF-traktatens bestemmelser. EKSF-traktatens artikel 4, 65, stk. 1, og 66, stk. 7, finder anvendelse i den konkrete sag, men ikke traktatens artikel 60.
The provisions of the ECSC Treaty, in particular Articles 4(d), 65 and 66(7), but not Article 60, constitute the legal framework for the examination of licences to extract unworked coal and of their royalty and payment terms;
Den nationale ret er ikke bundet af en kommissionsbeslutning, hvori Kommissionen anvender EKSF-traktatens artikel 65, stk. 1, og/eller artikel 66, stk. 7.
Articles 4(d), 65 and 66(7) do not confer rights which are directly enforceable by private parties in proceedings before the national courts;
13.4.1994 "Traktatbrud - direktiv 85/337/EØF - manglende gennemførelse inden for den fastsatte frist" (Domstolens plenum)
Since the Commission has sole jurisdiction to establish that the provisions of Articles 65 and 66(7) have been infringed, the national courts may not entertain an action for damages in the absence of a Commission decision adopted in the exercise of such jurisdiction;
Artikel 2 i direktiv 85/337 bestemmer, at medlemsstaterne skal træffe de nødvendige foranstaltninger med henblik på, at offentlige og private projekter, der kan få væsentlig indvirkning på miljøet, undergives en vurdering af denne indvirkning, inden der gives tilladelse.
As the Commission has sole jurisdiction, subject to review by the Court of First Instance and the Court of Justice, to adopt decisions based on Articles 65 and 66(7) of the Treaty, such decisions, which are binding in their entirety pursuant to Article 14 of the ECSC Treaty, are binding on the national courts.
Under rets mødet oplyste den dog, at den storhertugelige anordning ville blive ved taget snarest muligt med henblik på at gennemføre direktivet.
Mr Advocate General Van Gerven delivered his Opinion at the sitting of the Full Court on 27 October 1993.
Generaladvokat W. Van Gerven fremsatte forslag til afgørelse i retsmødet (Domstolen plenum) den 9. marts 1994
The national court is obliged in principle, under Community law, to award damages for loss sustained as a result of breach of a directly effective competition rule laid down by the ECSC Treaty.
Generaladvokaten foreslog Domstolen
(4) The national court is not bound by a Commission decision involving the application of Articles 65(1) and/or 66(7) of the ECSC Treaty.
"at tage sagen under realitetspåkendelse og at tage Kommissionens påstande til følge".
Case C-313/93 Commission of the European Communities ν Grand Duchy of
Sag C-389/92: Ballast Nedam Groep NV mod Belgische Staat Regler for virksomhederne
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Directive 85/337/EEC -Failure to transpose the directive into national law within the prescribed period) (Full Court)
14.4.1994 Præjudiciel "Fri udveksling af tjenesteydelser - offentlige bygge- og anlægskontrakter - godkendelse af entreprenører - den relevante enhed" (Femte Afdeling)
By application lodged at the Court Registry on 10 June 1993, the Commission of the European Communities brought an action for a declaration that, by failing to adopt and/or communicate to the Commission within the prescribed period all the measures necessary to comply with Council Directive 85/377/EEC the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has failed to fulfil Its obligations under the directive, in particular Article 12 thereof, and under Articles 5 and 189 of the EEC Treaty.
Ved dom af 29. september 1992, indgået til Domstolen den 6. november 1992, havde Belglens Raad van State stillet et præjudicielt spørgsmål vedrørende fortolkningen af Rådets direktiver 71/304/EØF og 71/305/EØF.
Article 2 of Directive 85/337 provides that Member States are to adopt all measures necessary to ensure that, before authorization is given for their execution, public and private projects likely to have significant effects on the environment are subject to an assessment with regard to their effects.
Spørgsmålet var blevet rejst under en sag, som af et nederlandsk selskab, Ballast Nedam Groep (herefter benævnt "BNG"), blev ført mod den belgiske stat i anledning af, at BNG's godkendelse som entreprenør ikke var blevet fornyet.
The Luxembourg Government did not deny failing to fulfil its obligations. At the hearing, however, it pointed out that the Grand Ducal regulation would be adopted as soon as possible with a view to transposing the directive into national law.
Det måtte herefter undersøges, om et holdingselskab kan udelukkes fra at deltage i procedurer for indgåelse af offentlige bygge- og anlægskontrakter, og i benægtende fald, hvorledes selskabet kan godtgøre at have de fornødne kvalifikationer til at deltage.
Declares that, by failing to adopt within the prescribed period all the measures necessary to comply with Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has failed to fulfil its obligations under the directive, in particular Article 12 thereof, and under Articles 5 and 189 of the EEC Treaty;
Domstolen udtalte, at det fremgår af selve ordlyden af direktiv 71/304, at tildeling af offentlige bygge og anlægskontrakter kan ske til personer eller selskaber, som udfører arbejderne gennem agenturer og filialer.
Mr Advocate General Gerven delivered his Opinion at the sitting of the Full Court on 9 March 1994.
De ordregivende myndigheder må imidlertid - som det nærmere bestemmes i artikel 20 i direktiv 71/305 - have ret til at efterprøve entreprenørernes kvalifikationer efter de kriterier for disses økonomiske, finansielle og tekniske kapacitet, som er fastlagt i samme direktivs artikel 25-28.
(Preliminary ruling) (Company Law) (Freedom to provide services - Public works contracts - Registration of contractors - Relevant entity) (Fifth Chamber)
Det må ud fra de faktiske og retlige omstændigheder, der er forelagt den nationale retsinstans, tilkomme denne at bedømme, om dette er godtgjort 1 den konkrete sag for retten.
By a judgment of 29 September 1992, which was received at the Court on 6 November 1992, the Raad van State, Belgium, referred to the Court for a preliminary ruling a question concerning the interpretation of Council Directive 71/304/EEC and Council Directive 71/305/EEC.
Domstolen besvarede det forelagte spørgsmål således:
The question arose in the course of a dispute between Ballast Nedam Groep, a company governed by Netherlands law (hereinafter referred to as 'BNG'), and the Belgian State concerning the non-renewal of BNG's registration as a contractor.