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Med sit andet klagepunkt påstår Kommissionen, at Den Franske Republik har tilsidesat direktivets artikel 4, stk. 2.
The two questions have been raised in the context of an application made by the Konsumentombudsman (the Swedish ombudsman responsible for consumer protection, hereinafter 'the Consumer Ombudsman') for an injunction restraining Gourmet International Products AB (hereinafter 'GIP') from placing advertisements for alcoholic beverages in magazines.
I henhold til artikel 1 har direktivet til formål at fastsætte de kvalitetskrav, som overfladeferskvand, der benyttes eller er bestemt til at blive benyttet til fremstilling af drikkevand, efter en hensigtsmæssig behandling skal opfylde.
When examining the application, the Tingsrätt was unsure, in particular, whether national rules imposing an absolute prohibition on certain advertisements might be regarded as having an effect equivalent to a quantitative restriction within the meaning of Article 30 of the Treaty and, if so, whether, in view of their object, they might be regarded as lawful under Article 36 of the Treaty.
Nitratindholdet i vandet opfyldte i visse områder i Bretagne ved udløbet af den frist, der er fastsat i den begrundede udtalelse, ikke direktivets krav.
The Stockholms Tingsrätt considered that an interpretation of the relevant provisions of the Treaty seemed necessary.
Idet Kommissionen fandt, at dette svar ikke var tilfredsstillende, sendte den den 30. november 1993 Den Franske Republik en åbningsskrivelse.
It therefore decided to stay proceedings and to refer questions to the Court for a preliminary ruling.
Foranstaltningerne, som den franske regering støtter sig på, har ikke den nødvendige sammenhæng for at kunne udgøre en sammenhængende aktionsplan i den forstand udtrykket anvendes i direktivets artikel 4, stk. 2.
The Consumer Ombudsman lodged an appeal against the order for reference before the Marknadsdomstolen, Sweden, which dismissed the appeal by decision of 11 March 1999.
Den 28. oktober 1997 sendte Kommissionen Den Franske Republik en begrundet udtalelse, der gentog de klagepunkter, der fremgik af åbningsskrivelsen.
Issue No 4 (August-October 1997) of the edition intended for subscribers contained three pages of advertisements for alcoholic beverages, one for red wine and two for whisky.
Kommissionen fastsatte fristen for at efterkomme direktivet til to måneder fra meddelelsen af den begrundede udtalelse.
Those pages did not appear in the edition sold in shops.
Med sit tredje klagepunkt gør Kommissionen gældende, at Den Franske Republik - trods forpligtelsen, der fremgår af direktivets artikel 4, stk. 3 — har anvendt overfladevand af utilstrækkelig kvalitet til fremstilling af vand til menneskeligt forbrug i Bretagne, uden hverken at give Kommissionen en begrundelse for denne anvendelse eller en plan for administration af vandressourcerne.
According to the order for reference, 90% of the magazine's 9 300 subscribers are traders, manufacturers or retailers, and 10% are private individuals.
Det må fastslås, at de franske myndigheder først i et brev af 18. juni 1998 og således efter udløbet af fristen i den begrundede udtalelse,
By the questions referred to the Court, which can be considered together, the national court is asking essentially, first, whether the provisions of the Treaty on the free movement of goods preclude a prohibition on advertisements for alcoholic beverages such as that laid down in Article 2 of the Alkoholreklamlagen.
farlige produkter, således at Kommissionen blev i stand til at overvåge anvendelsen af overfladevandet, som det kræves i henhold til direktivets artikel 4, stk. 3.
In that regard, it is accepted that rules restricting the advertising of alcoholic beverages in order to combat alcohol abuse reflects public health concerns.
præsenterede Kommissionen for en samlet fremstilling vedrørende al overfladevand i Bretagne med et indhold af nitrater samt udtømmende oplysninger om vandets blanding med overfladevand, der ikke havde et indhold af
It should be pointed out that, according to its judgment in Keck and Mithouard, if national provisions restricting or prohibiting certain selling arrangements are to avoid being caught by Article 30 of the Treaty, they must not be of such a kind as to prevent access to the market by products from another Member State or to impede access any more than they impede the access of domestic products.
»1) Den Franske Republik har tilsidesat de forpligtelser, der påhviler den i henhold til artikel 4 i Rådets direktiv 75/440/EØF af 16. juni 1975 om kvalitetskrav til overfladevand, som anvendes tü fremstilling af drikkevand i medlemsstaterne, idet den ikke har truffet alle de nødvendige bestemmelser for, at kvaliteten af overfladevand, som anvendes til fremstilling af drikkevand, er i overensstemmelse med de i henhold til direktivets artikel 3 fastsatte værdier.
The Court has also held, in its judgment in Joined Cases C-34/95 to C-36/95 De Agostini and TV-Shop, that it cannot be excluded that an outright prohibition, applying in one Member State, of a type of promotion for a product which is lawfully sold there might have a greater impact on products from other Member States.
Generaladvokat C. Stix-Hackl fremsatte forslag til afgørelse i retsmødet (Sjette Afdeling) den 14. december 2000.
Second, the decision as to whether the prohibition on advertising at issue in the main proceedings is proportionate, and in particular as to whether the objective sought might be achieved by less extensive prohibitions or restrictions or by prohibitions or restrictions having less effect on intra-Community trade, calls for an analysis of the circumstances of law and of fact which characterise the situation in the Member State concerned, which the national court is in a better position than the Court of Justice to carry out.
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Freedom to provide services
Præjudiciel »Tekniske standarder og forskrifter (Sjette Afdeling)
A prohibition on advertising such as that at issue in the main proceedings must therefore be regarded as affecting the marketing of products from other Member States more heavily than the marketing of domestic products and as therefore constituting an obstacle to trade between Member States caught by Article 30 of the Treaty.
Disse spørgsmål er blevet forelagt i forbindelse med en straffesag mod Georgius Van der Burg, som er tiltalt for i et månedsblad at have reklameret for radiofrekvenseffektforstærkere, der ikke havde fået meddelt godkendelse.
However, such an obstacle may be justified by the protection of public health, a general interest ground recognised by Article 36 of the Treaty.
Ved dom af 6. juli 1999 har Hoge Raad der Nederlanden forelagt to præjudicielle spørgsmål vedrørende fortolkningen af artikel 1 i Rådets direktiv 83/189/EØF af 28. marts 1983 om en informationsprocedure med hensyn til tekniske standarder og forskrifter.
A measure such as the prohibition on advertising at issue in the proceedings before that court, even if it is non-discriminatory, has a particular effect on the cross-border supply of advertising space, given the international nature of the advertising market in the category of products to which the prohibition relates, and thereby
fællesskabsretten, da de ikke er blevet anmeldt i overensstemmelse med direktiv 83/189.
constitutes a restriction on the freedom to provide services within the meaning of Article 59 of the Treaty.
Med sit første spørgsmål ønsker den forelæggende ret nærmere oplyst om en national bestemmelse som bekendtgørelsens artikel C.ll.l, stk. 1, der forbyder mod reklamere for sendeudstyr af ikke-godkendt type, udgør en teknisk forskrift som omhandlet i direktiv 83/189, som burde være blevet anmeldt til Kommissionen inden den blev vedtaget.
However, such a restriction may be justified by the protection of public health, which is a ground of general interest recognised by Article 56 of the EC Treaty, which is applicable to the provision of services in accordance with Article 66 of the EC Treaty (now Article 55 EC).
Under en straffesag mod Georgius Van der Burg, hvorunder han er tiltalt for at have overtrådt artikel 17 i Wet op de Telecommunicatievoorzieningen (lov om telekommunikation, herefter »WTV«) og artikel C. 11.1 i Besluit radio-elektrische inrichtingen af 5. december 1988 (bekendtgørelse om radioudstyr, Stb. 1988, s. 552, herefter »bekendtgørelsen«), har Arrondissementsrechtsbank te Rotterdam (Nederlandene) som appelinstans idømt ham en bøde på 600 NLG.
'Articles 30 and 36 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Articles 28 EC and 30 EC) and Articles 56 and 59 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Articles 46 EC and 49 EC) do not preclude a prohibition on the advertising of alcoholic beverages such as that laid down in Article 2 of Lagen 1978:763 med vissa bestämmelser om marknadsföring av alkoholdrycker (Swedish Law laying down provisions on the Marketing of Alcoholic Beverages), as amended, unless it is apparent that, in the circumstances of law and of fact which characterise the situation in the Member State concerned, the protection of public health against the harmful effects of alcohol can be ensured by measures having less effect on intra-Community trade.'
Henset til besvarelsen af det første spørgsmål er det ufornødent at besvare det andet præjudicielle spørgsmål.
Advocate General F.G. Jacobs delivered his Opinion at the sitting of the Sixth Chamber on 14 December 2000.
»En national bestemmelse som artikel Cl 1.1, stk 1, i Besluit radio-electrische inrichtingen, der forbyder at reklamere f or sendeudstyr af ikke-godkendt type, udgør ikke en teknisk forskrift som omhandlet i Rådets direktiv 83/189/EØF af 28. marts 1983 om en informationsprocedure med hensyn til tekniske standarder ogforskrifter, der burde være blevet anmeldt til Kommissionen, inden den blev vedtaget.«
'A national rule banning the commercial advertising of alcoholic beverages directly to the general public constitutes a measure equivalent to a quantitative restriction on imports of such beverages, prohibited by Article 30 of the EC Treaty, and a restriction on the freedom to provide cross-border advertising services, prohibited by Article 59. Such a rule may be justified by reason of its aim to protect the health and life of humans from the dangers of excessive consumption of alcohol, but only in so far as that aim cannot be achieved just as effectively by less restrictive measures.
Generaladvokat D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer fremsatte forslag til afgørelse i retsmødet (Sjette Afdeling) den 12. december 2000.
A ban which extends to commercial advertising in periodicals a significant part of whose subject-matter is lawfully devoted to alcoholic beverages is in principle unnecessary and ineffective in that regard, and thus incapable of such justification.'
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Case C-68/99
Retten
8 March 2001
Sag T-77/99 Girish Ojha / Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber Tjenestemandsvedtægten
In its reply of 21 November 1997, the Federal Republic of Germany confirmed that, under the KSVG, the undertaking which markets Mr Stutzer's publications is required to pay the artists' social charge in respect of the remuneration paid to Mr Stutzer, even though he is not subject to German social security legislation.
»Tjenestemænd — indførsel af personlige ejendele uden moms — erstatningssøgsmål tjenstlig fejl — økonomisk og ikke-økonomisk tab« (Første Afdeling)
By application lodged at the Court Registry on 25 February 1999, the Commission of the European Communities brought an action for a declaration that, by applying Paragraph 23 et seq. of the Künstlersozialversicherungsgesetz (Law on social insurance for artists, hereinafter 'KSVG') to artists and journalists who reside in another EU Member State and normally pursue a selfemployed activity both in that other Member State and in the Federal Republic of Germany, and who are thus exclusively subject, as regards the social security system, to the legislation of the Member State in the territory of which they reside, the Federal Republic of Germany has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 51, 52 and/or 59 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Articles 42 EC and 43 EC and/or 49 EC) and Title II, specifically the first sentence of Article 14a(2) in conjunction with Article 13(1) and (2)(b), of Council Regulation No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971.
Sag T-331/94 IPK-Miinchen GmbH / Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber Socialpolitik
Since the Federal Republic of Germany failed to comply with the reasoned opinion within the period allowed, the Commission decided to bring the present action.
6. marts 2001
The action
»Støtte til finansieringen af et projekt vedrørende miljøvenlig turisme — Kommissionens indblanding — forsinket gennemførelse af projektet — nedsættelse af støtten« (Tredje Afdeling)
According to the Commission, collection of the artists' social charge amounts, to a double social security levy contrary both to Articles 13 and 14a of Regulation No 1408/71 and to Articles 51, 52 and/or 59 of the Treaty.
Den 22. april 1992 forelagde sagsøgeren, der er et tysk selskab, som driver virksomhed inden for turisme, et projekt vedrørende oprettelse af en databank om miljøvenlig turisme i Europa. Databanken skulle benævnes »Ecodata«.
By letter of 17 September 1997, the Commission formally requested the Federal Republic of Germany to submit observations on the compatibility with Community law of applying the KSVG to a German journalist, Mr Stutzer, who resides and works in Belgium but who also publishes articles in Germany.
I forslaget var det præciseret, at sagsøgeren skulle koordinere projektet og ved udførelsen af opgaverne samarbejde med tre partnere, nemlig det franske selskab Innovence, det italienske selskab Tourconsult og det græske selskab 01Pliroforiki. Forslaget indeholdt ingen nærmere angivelser vedrørende fordelingen af opgaverne
More generally, the Commission stated that collection of the artists' social charge in respect of the remuneration paid to artists and journalists who are not affiliated to the German social security scheme constituted an infringement of Articles 52 and 59 of the Treaty as well as of the provisions of Title II of Regulation No 1408/71.
I meddelelsen hed det endvidere, at de udvalgte projekter skulle være gennemført inden et år efter kontraktens underskrivelse.
It must be borne in mind in that respect that the fact that a worker is required to pay, in respect of the same earned income, social charges arising
Sagsøgerens forslag omfattede syv etaper med hensyn til projektets gennemførelse, som skulle ske inden for en periode på femten måneder.
That system is therefore compatible with Article 13 of Regulation No 1408/71.
Endvidere bemærkes, at Kommissionen må sikre sig, at de 60% af støttebeløbet, der allerede er udbetalt (dvs. 318 000 ECU), som anført i den erklæring, der blev underskrevet i forbindelse med godkendelsen af deres forslag af 22. april 1992, kun er anvendt til gennemførelse af det projekt, der var beskrevet i forslaget ...«
under the legislation of several States, although he can be an insured person only in respect of the legislation of one State, means that the worker must pay contributions twice over, contrary to the provisions of Article 13 of Regulation No 1408/71.
Sagsøgeren meddelte, herunder navnlig i en skrivelse til Kommissionen af 28. december 1993, at selskabet var uenigt i indholdet af den citerede skrivelse.
However, in the present case, it is common ground that the artists' social charge affects not the artists and journalists themselves but the undertakings which market their work.
Den 29. april 1994 fandt der et møde sted mellem sagsøgeren og repræsentanter for Kommissionen med henblik på at drøfte uenigheden mellem selskabet og Kommissionen.
Moreover, it is not disputed that those undertakings are not entitled to pass on the costs arising from the aforementioned charge to the remuneration they pay artists and journalists.
Ved skrivelse af 3. august 1994 meddelte direktør Jordan, GD XXIII, sagsøgeren følgende:
Infringement of Articles 51, 52 and/or 59 of the Treaty
Kommissionen foreslog sagsøgeren at deltage i et projekt fra et tysk selskab, Studienkreis für Tourismus (herefter »Studienkreis«).
Under the German legislation, the artists' social charge should not, therefore, in particular, have any impact on those artists and journalists who provide services in Germany and who also pursue an activity as selfemployed persons in another Member State where they have their habitual residence and are affiliated to a social security scheme.
Kommissionen havde allerede i 1991 ydet Studienkreis en støtte på 60 000 ECU til gennemførelse af et projekt vedrørende miljøvenlig turisme, som var betegnet »Ecotrans«. trans«.
In that respect, if the services provided by the artists and journalists in Germany give rise to social security contributions in the State of affiliation, that contribution cannot be greater than that for which they would have been liable if those services had been provided in the second State.
På mødet krævede Tzoanos, at størstedelen af arbejdet og midlerne blev overdraget 01Pliroforiki. Sagsøgeren gjorde indsigelse herimod.
Consequently, those workers are not penalised by reason of the fact that they provide their services in a Member State other than the State of affiliation.
Den første tranche af støtten, dvs. 318 000 ECU (60% af den samlede støtte på 530 000 ECU), blev udbetalt i januar 1993.
Those undertakings are liable to the same extent for the artists' social charge as regards the remuneration which they pay to artists established in Germany.
Retsforhandlinger
The Court:
Ved dom af 15. oktober 1997 (sag T-331/94, IPK mod Kommissionen) frifandt Retten Kommissionen.
Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay the costs.'
I dommens præmis 47 bemærkede Retten følgende:
He proposed that the Court:
I henhold til procesreglementets artikel 119 har hver af parterne indgivet et supplerende skriftligt indlæg.
At the expiry of the period laid down in the reasoned opinion, the nitrate content in the water of certain basins in Brittany did not comply with the requirements of the Directive.
Sagsøgerens indlæg er dateret den 2. december 1999 og Kommissionens den 10. februar 2000.
Case C-278/99 Georgius van der Burg Approximation of laws
Parterne har afgivet mundtlige indlæg og besvaret Rettens spørgsmål i retsmødet den 16. november 2000.
Mr Van der Burg brought an appeal in cassation against that judgment, arguing that the national legislation on which the proceedings were based was contrary to Community law inasmuch as it had not been notified in accordance with Directive 83/189.
Parternes påstande
The first question
Sagsøgeren har nedlagt påstand om annullation af den anfægtede beslutning.
In January 1994, Mr Van der Burg placed in 'Elektron', a monthly magazine for radio amateurs, an advertisement for the sale of radio-frequency amplifiers with an output of 1 000 and/or 1 500 watts.
»[...] det savner grundlag for sagsøgeren at gøre gældende, at Kommissionen har været skyld i forsinkelserne i projektets gennemførelse.
As the national court observed, the fact that there is a direct relationship between an advertising prohibition such as that at issue in the main proceedings and the technical requirements which transmitting equipment must satisfy is not sufficient for the prohibition in question to be regarded as a technical specification' within the meaning of Directive 83/189.
Selv om sagsøgeren har sandsynliggjort, at en eller flere embedsmænd i Kommissionen på betænkelig måde gjorde sig skyldig i indblanding i projektet i perioden fra november 1992 til februar 1993, har sagsøgeren dog på ingen måde godtgjort, at denne indblanding medførte, at selskabet var fuldstændigt afskåret fra at indlede et effektivt samarbejde med sine partnere før marts 1993.«
'National legislation such as Article C.11.1 (1) of the Besluit radio-elektrische inrichtingen, which prohibits commercial advertising for transmitting equipment of a non-approved type, does not constitute, for the purposes of Council Directive 83/189/EEC of 28 March 1983 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations, a technical regulation which should have been notified to the Commission prior to its adoption.'
Ved appelskrift indleveret til Domstolens Justitskontor den 22. december 1997 iværksatte sagsøgeren i medfør af artikel 49 i EF-statutten for Domstolen appel til prøvelse af dommen i sagen IPK mod Kommissionen.
(Financial assistance for an ecological tourism project — Reduction — Application for annulment —Admissibility — Confirmatory act — Legal certainty — Legitimate expectations — Statement of reasons) (Third Chamber)
Sagsøgeren har fremført to anbringender til støtte for søgsmålet.
On 22 April 1992 the applicant, an undertaking established in Germany and active in the field of tourism, submitted a proposal to the Commission concerning the creation of a databank on ecological tourism in Europe.
Med det første gøres det gældende, at en række generelle principper er tilsidesat, og med det andet, at EF-traktatens artikel 190 (nu artikel 253 EF) er tilsidesat.
That databank was to be called 'Ecodata'. The proposal specified that the applicant was to be responsible for coordinating the project and that, in order to carry out the work, the applicant would be assisted by three partners, namely the French undertaking, Innovence, the Italian undertaking, Tourconsult and the Greek undertaking, 01Pliroforiki.
I dom af 5. oktober 1999 (sag C-433/97, IPK mod Kommissionen) fastslog Domstolen:
The applicant expressed its disagreement with the content of that letter, in particular in a letter to the Commission dated 28 December 1993.
Kommissionen udøvede allerede i sommeren 1992 og i hvert fald indtil den 15. marts 1993 pression over for sagsøgeren med henblik på, at Studienkreis blev inddraget i Ecodataprojektet.
The applicant was also asked to agree to the participation in the project of a German undertaking, Studienkreis für Tourismus
»15 [...] at appellanten, som det fremgår af den appellerede doms præmis 47, har sandsynliggjort, at embedsmænd i Kommissionen havde blandet sig i projektet, som nærmere beskrevet i [de appellerede doms] præmis 9 og 10, og at denne indblanding kan have haft betydning for projektets rette gennemførelse.
... it should be observed that, as appears from paragraph 47 of the judgment under appeal, the applicant did provide some evidence of the Commission officials' interference in the management of the project, particulars of which are given in paragraphs [8 and 10 above]. That interference was likely to have had an impact on the smooth running of the project.
Under disse omstændigheder påhviler det Kommissionen at godtgøre, at appellanten, til trods for den omhandlede adfærd, fortsat havde været i stand til at gennemføre projektet på tilfredsstillende måde.
I see little point in our having a further meeting. I am therefore now confirming that we will not, for the reasons set out in my letter of 30 November and above make any further payment in respect of this project.
Såfremt det blev godtgjort, at Kommissionens indgriben med henblik på at tilknytte Studienkreis til gennemførelsen af Ecodataprojektet havde fundet sted for første gang i februar 1993 med henblik på at redde projektet, som på det tidspunkt endnu ikke var sat i gang, kunne det antages, at den pågældende indblanding ikke havde forhindret sagsøgeren i at gennemføre projektet på tilfredsstillende måde, men tværtimod havde til formål at åbne mulighed for, at sagsøgeren kunne opfylde sine forpligtelser inden for den fastsatte frist og på de opstillede betingelser.
In circumstances such as those, it was for the Commission to show that, notwithstanding the interference in question, the applicant continued to be able to manage the project in a satisfactory manner.