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Med det første spørgsmål ønsker den forelæggende ret nærmere bestemt oplyst, om samarbejdsaftalens artikel 41 skal fortolkes således, at en marokkansk arbejdstager, som har afsluttet sin erhvervsmæssige beskæftigelse i værtsmedlemsstaten og er rejst tilbage til sin oprindelsesmedlemsstat, eller hans forsørgelsesberettigede børn, som selv har bopæl uden for Fællesskabet, kan påberåbe sig det princip om forbud mod forskelsbehandling på grundlag af nationalitet på området for social sikring, som er opstillet i denne bestemmelse, i forbindelse med en uddannelsesstøtte som den, der er indført ved WSF.
By Question 1, the national court is asking essentially whether Article 41 of the Cooperation Agreement is to be interpreted as meaning that a Moroccan worker who has ceased to exercise his occupational activity in the host Member State and has returned to his country of origin, or his dependent children who themselves live outside the Community, may rely, in regard to study finance such as that introduced by the WSF, on the principle laid down in that provision that any discrimination based on nationality in the field of social security is prohibited.
Hvad angår forordning nr. 1612/68 skal det indledningsvis bemærkes, at forordningens artikel 7, stk. 1, omhandler beskæftigelses- og arbejdsvilkår, navnlig for så vidt angår aflønning, afskedigelse og, i tilfælde af arbejdsløshed, genoptagelse af beskæftigelse i faget eller genansættelse, og at den ikke som sådan kan finde anvendelse i hovedsagen.
On the other hand, it is common ground that Article 7(2) of Regulation No 1612/68, which prohibits any discrimination between national workers and migrant workers in the granting of social advantages, is prima facie applicable since the study finance introduced by the WSF does indeed constitute such a social advantage.
Uden at det er nødvendigt at tage stilling til den nøjagtige retlige kvalifikation - i relation til samarbejdsaftalen — af ydelser som dem, der udredes i henhold til WSF, er det her tilstrækkeligt at konstatere, at det følger af såvel ordlyden af artikel 41, stk. 1, og stk. 3, som af bestemmelsens ånd, at såfremt børn af en marokkansk arbejdstager ikke har bopæl i Fællesskabet, kan hverken arbejdstageren eller hans børn påberåbe sig det princip om forbud mod forskelsbehandling, som er opstillet i
However, it must be noted that such a provision cannot be interpreted as being of such a kind as to guarantee the maintenance of a social advantage such as the finance introduced by the WSF for migrant workers who have ceased to exercise an activity in the host Member State and
Derimod er det fast antaget, at artikel 7, stk. 2, i forordning nr. 1612/68, som forbyder enhver forskelsbehandling mellem indenlandske arbejdstagere og vandrende arbejdstagere for så vidt angår sociale fordele, som udgangspunkt kan finde anvendelse, for så vidt som den ved WSF indførte uddannelsesstøtte udgør en sådan social fordel.
Without its being necessary to adjudicate on the precise legal classification, from the standpoint of the Cooperation Agreement, of benefits such as those paid under the WSF, it is sufficient in the present case to state that it follows both from the wording of Article 41(1) and (3) of the Agreement and also from the spirit of that provision that, unless the children of a Moroccan worker reside in the Community, neither that worker nor his children can rely, in regard to benefits of the kind at issue in the main proceedings, on the principle of the prohibition of discrimination laid down in that provision.
»1) Hverken samarbejdsaftalen mellem Det Europæiske Økonomiske Fællesskab og Kongeriget Marokko, undertegnet i Rabat den 27. april 1976 og godkendt på Fællesskabets vegne ved Rådets forordning (EØF) nr. 2211/78 af 26. september 1978, EF-traktatens artikel 48 (efter ændring nu artikel 39 EF), Rådets forordning (EØF) nr. 1408/71 om anvendelse af de sociale sikringsordninger på arbejdstagere, selvstændige erhvervsdrivende og deres familiemedlemmer, der flytter inden for Fællesskabet, som ændret og ajourført ved Rådets forordning (EØF) nr. 2001/83 af 2 juni 1983, som ændret ved Rådets forordning (EØF) nr. 1247/92 af 30. april 1992, eller Rådets forordning (EØF) nr. 1612/68 af 15. oktober 1968 om arbejdskraftens frie bevægelighed inden for Fællesskabet kan fortolkes således, at de er til hinder for, at en medlemsstat gradvist ophæver en ydelse til studerende børn mellem 18 og 27 år, derforsørges, når en sådan ophævelse — som det er tilfældet med den i hovedsagerne omhandlede lovgivning — sker uden forskelsbehandling på grundlag af nationalitet.
A person entitled to a pension payable under the legislation of a single Member State and residing on the territory of another Member State cannot rely on either Article 3(1) of Regulation No 1408/71, as amended and updated by Regulation No 2001/83, as amended by Regulation No 1274/92, or any other provision ofthat regulation in order to obtain from the Member State under whose legislation he receives his pension study finance such as that introduced by the Wet op de studiefinanciering (Law on study finance).
3) En statsborger i en medlemsstat, som har udnyttet retten til fri bevægelighed i henhold til traktatens artikel 48, som har afsluttet sin erhvervsmæssige beskæftigelse i værtsmedlemsstaten og er rejst tilbage til sin oprindelsesmedlemsstat, hvor hans børn også er bosat, kan hverken påberåbe sig traktatens artikel 48 eller artikel 7, stk. 2, i forordning nr. 1612/68 med henblik på fra den medlemsstat, i hvilken han har været beskæftiget, at opnå en ret til uddannelsesstøtte f or hans børn på samme betingelser som dem, denne medlemsstat anvenderfor sine egne statsborgere.
A national of a Member State who has exercised the right to freedom of movement for workers guaranteed by Article 48 of the Treaty and has ceased to exercise his occupational activity in the host Member State and returned to his Member State of origin, in which his children also reside, cannot rely on Article 48 or on Article 7(2) of Regulation No 1612/68 in order to obtain from the Member State in which he was employed a right to have his children's studies financed in the same conditions as those applied by that State to its own nationals.
4) Artikel 41 i samarbejdsaftalen EØF-Marokko skalfortolkes således, at såfremt forsørgede børn af en marokkansk arbejdstager ikke har bopæl i Fællesskabet, kan hverken den pågældende marokkanske arbejdstager eller hans børn påberåbe sig det princip om forbud mod forskelsbehandling, som bestemmelsen opstiller for det sociale område, i forbindelse med en uddannelsesstøtte som den, der er indført ved Wet op de studiefinanciering.*
Article 41 of the EEC-Morocco Cooperation Agreement must be interpreted as meaning that where the dependent children of a Moroccan worker do not reside in the Community, neither the Moroccan worker concerned nor his children can rely, in regard to study finance such as that introduced by the Wet op de studiefinanciering on the principle of the prohibition of discrimination on the basis of nationality laid down in that provision in relation to social security.'
Generaladvokat S. Alber fremsatte forslag til afgørelse i retsmødet ("Domstolens plenuml den 12. oktober 2000.
Advocate General S. Alber delivered his Opinion at the sitting of the Full Court on 12 October 2000.
Sag C-17/99 Den Franske Republik / Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber Statsstøtte
— if he pays tax on that pension in the host Member State and if he has returned to his State of origin.
»Statsstøtte — støtte til redning og omstrukturering — proceduren f or vurdering af statsstøtte — undladelse af at meddele påbud til medlemsstaten om at afgive de nødvendige oplysninger* (Femte Afdeling) havde ført til betydelige likviditetsmæssige problemer og forsinkelse med betalingen af dens gæld.
Furthermore, the host Member State discriminates against migrant workers where it grants the benefits intended to finance studies only in respect of training given by educational establishments in its territory and certain establishments in neighbouring Member States.'
Retten godkendte endvidere, at 362 ansatte blev afskediget, og udpegede en kurator til at forestå opløsningen af koncernen SA Filature lainière de Roubaix som følge af dommen.
(State aid — Rescue and restructuring aid — Procedure for the examination of State aid — Failure to order a Member State to dhclose the requisite information) (Fifth Chamber)
I løbet af maj og september 1996 modtog Kommissionen flere klager over den støtte, som den franske regering havde ydet eller muligvis ville yde til selskabet Nouvelle Filature Lamière de Roubaix i forbindelse med omstrukturering af koncernen SA Filature Lamière de Roubaix (herefter »den omtvistede støtte«).
By application lodged at the Court Registry on 25 January 1999, the French Republic brought an action for annulment of Commission Decision 1999/378/EC of 4 November 1998 on aid granted by France to Nouvelle Filature Lainière de Roubaix.
Som svar på Kommissionens anmodning om oplysninger i sagen meddelte de franske myndigheder ved skrivelser af 18. juni 1996 og 15. juli 1996 Kommissionen, at koncernen SA Filature lainière de Roubaix siden begyndelsen af 1990'erne havde gennemgået en periode med alvorlige driftsmæssige vanskeligheder, hvilket
In May and September 1996, the Commission received several complaints concerning aid which had been or might be granted by the French Government to the company Nouvelle Filature Lainière de Roubaix for the purposes of court-supervised restructuring of the SA Filiature Lainière de Roubaix group (hereinafter the disputed aid*). The complaints criticised the moratorium of eight years granted to the group
opmærksomhed på, at den, på baggrund af de foreliggende oplysninger, kun kunne konkludere, at der ikke fandtes en troværdig omstruktureringsplan.
Article 2 by the Inter-Ministerial Committee for Industrial Restructuring for the payment of its socialsecurity and tax debt of FRF 82 000 000 and also an application for intervention by that committee to prevent that company from becoming insolvent.
Ved skrivelse af 18. august 1997 meddelte Kommissionen den franske regering, at den havde besluttet at indlede proceduren i EF-traktatens artikel 93, stk. 2 (nu artikel 88, stk. 2, EF).
The aid in the form of an investment premium granted by France to Nouvelle Filature Lainière de Roubaix amounting to FRF 14.23 million is incompatible with the common market.
Den støtte i form af investeringspræmie, som Frankrig har ydet Nouvelle Filature Lainière de Roubaix, er med hensyn til 14,23 mio. FRF uforenelig med fællesmarkedet.
In response to a request for information from the Commission, the French authorities informed it, by letters of 18 June and 15 July 1996, that the SA Filiature Lainière de Roubaix group had, since the early 1990s, been experiencing serious operational difficulties resulting in considerable cash-flow problems and arrears of socialsecurity and tax payments.
Herved har Kommissionen »tydeligvis forsøgt at kompensere for den manglende eller utilstrækkelige begrundelse«, som kendetegner den anfægtede beslutning.
The aid referred to in paragraph 1 granted by France to Nouvelle Filature Lainière de Roubaix is incompatible with the common market.
I det foreliggende sag er det ubestridt, at den anfægtede beslutning angiver begrundelsen for, at den omtvistede støtte ikke er i overensstemmelse med rammebestemmelserne.
After determining that the group's economic and financial situation was such that no restructuring scheme was possible and after issuing a call for bids for acquisition of the business, the Tribunal de Commerce, Roubaix, by judgment of 17 September 1996, ordered transfer of the group to Mr Chapurlat for the price of FRF 4 278 866, the transferee having undertaken to honour the employment contracts of 225 of the 587 employees making up the workforce and to pay the sum of FRF 50 000 for each redundancy occurring in the year following the transfer.
Det anføres således navnlig, at der ikke forelå en detaljeret omstruktureringsplan, at det ikke var påvist, at selskabet Nouvelle Filature Lainière de Roubaix på lang sigt ville blive rentabelt, samt at støtten ikke stod i rimeligt forhold til støttemodtagernes indskud.
In addition, that court authorised the dismissal of 362 employees and appointed a liquidator to wind up the SA Filiature Lainière de Roubaix group, that being an automatic consequence of its judgment.
Tilsidesættelse af traktatens artikel 92
That aid measure, involving a total sum of FRF 40 000 000, was made up of an equity loan in the sum of FRF 18 000 000 and a grant in the sum of FRF 22 000 000.
Til støtte for søgsmålet har den franske regering fremført tre anbringender, nemlig at Kommissionen har tilsidesat forpligtelsen til at meddele forudgående påbud om at fremkomme med supplerende oplysninger før vedtagelsen af en beslutning om statsstøtte, begrundelsespligten samt tilsidesat EF-traktatens artikel 92 (efter ændring nu artikel 87 EF).
In its decision to initiate the procedure under Article 93(2) of the Treaty, the Commission specifically drew the attention of the French authorities to the fact that, in the light of the relevant information available to it, the only possible conclusion was that no credible restructuring plan existed.
Tilsidesættelse af forpligtelsen til at meddele forudgående påbud
Breach of the obligation to state reasons
Hertil bemærkes, at det må fastslås, at det første anbringende hviler på en fejlagtig fortolkning af den anfægtede beslutning.
By letter of 18 August 1997, the Commission notified the French Government of its decision to initiate the procedure under Article 93(2) of the EC Treaty (now Article 88(2) EC).
Kommissionen havde i sin beslutning om at indlede proceduren i traktatens artikel 93, stk. 2, udtrykkeligt henledt de franske myndigheders
By its second plea, the French Government maintains that the Commission breached its obligation to state reasons, as laid down in Article 190 of the EC Treaty (now Article 253 EC) by criticising the French authorities on
Med sit tredje anbringende har den franske regering gjort gældende, at Kommissionen har foretaget flere åbenbare urigtige skøn, da den fandt, at den omtvistede støtte var uforenelig med fællesmarkedet i medfør af traktatens artikel 92, stk. 3, litra c).
The procedure under Article 93(2) of the Treaty concluded with the adoption of the contested decision, the operative part of which is worded as follows:
ved omstruktureringen, samt at ydelse af en sådan støtte ikke måtte føre til konkurrencefordrejning.
numerous occasions for failing to provide it with the information needed for its assessment of the compatibility of the disputed aid with the common market.
Kommissionen har ifølge den franske regering endvidere foretaget en urigtig anvendelse af rammebestemmelserne.
By so doing, the Commission sought 'manifestly to justify the many instances of a total lack, or inadequacy, of reasoning' in the contested decision.
I denne forbindelse må det fastslås, at det hverken fremgår af sagens akter eller af de afgivne forklaringer under retsmødet, at de franske myndigheder på det tidspunkt, hvor støtten blev ydet, rådede over en omstruktureringsplan, der opfylder de i foregående præmis nævnte krav, og som kunne forelægges Kommissionen til godkendelse.
In this case, it is undisputed that the contested decision sets out the reasons for which the disputed aid was not justified under the Guidelines, namely, in essence, the lack of an adequate restructuring plan, the absence of sufficient proof of the long-term viability of the company Nouvelle Filature Lainière de Roubaix, and the lack of proportion between the aid and the contributions made by the beneficiaries thereof.
Det følger således af det ovenfor anførte, at Den Franske Republik ikke har godtgjort, at Kommissionen har foretaget et åbenbart urigtigt skøn i denne forbindelse.
As is clear from the Guidelines, in order to be declared compatible with Article 92(3)(c) of the Treaty, aid to undertakings in difficulty must be bound to a restructuring programme designed to reduce or redirect their activities.
Under disse omstændigheder var det berettiget, at Kommissionen i mangel af en troværdig omstruktureringsplan i henhold til rammebestemmelserne afviste at godkende den omtvistede støtte.
It would be inappropriate to examine, in considering fulfilment of the obligation to state reasons, the substantive legality of the reasons relied on by the Commission to justify the contested decision.
Som det fremgår af rammebestemmelserne, skal statsstøtte til kriseramte virksomheder for at kunne godkendes i henhold til traktatens artikel 92, stk. 3, litra c), indgå i en omstruktureringsplan, der har til formål at reducere eller omlægge virksomhedens drift (jf. dommen i sagen Spanien mod Kommissionen, præmis 67).
In that connection, it must be pointed out that neither the documents before the Court nor the explanations given at the hearing show conclusively that the French authorities actually possessed, when the disputed aid was granted, a restructuring plan meeting the requirements referred to in the foregoing paragraph which could be presented to the Commission.
*1) Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber frifindes.
In those circumstances, the Commission was right, in the absence of a credible restructuring plan, to refuse to authorise the disputed aid under the Guidelines.
Generaladvokat S. Alber fremsatte forslag til afgørelse i retsmødet CFemte Afdeling) den 11. januar 2001.
Consequently, the third plea must be rejected, it being unnecessary to examine the other charges made by the French Government in support of it.
Sag C-261/99 Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber / Den Franske Republik Statsstøtte
Advocate General S. Alber delivered his Opinion at the sitting of the Fifth Chamber on 11 January 2001.
22. marts 2001 ikke
He proposed that the Court:
Det anførte gælder tillige for en traktatbrudssag, som er anlagt i henhold til artikel 88, stk. 2, andet afsnit, EF (dommen i sagen Kommissionen mod Portugal, præmis 36).
Case C-261/99 Commission of the European Communities ν French Republic State aid
I denne forbindelse må det fastslås, at selv om den franske regering i sagen Frankrig mod Kommissionen har anfægtet lovligheden af den anfægtede beslutning på baggrund af en række faktiske omstændigheder, har den dog ikke påberåbt sig nogen mangel, der kan drage selve eksistensen af retsakten i tvivl.
(Failure of a State to fulfil obligations — State aid incompatible Recovery — No absolute impossibility of implementation) (Fifth Chamber) provision of the Treaty expressly permitting it to do so, a Member State cannot, therefore, properly plead the unlawfulness of a decision addressed to it as a defence in an action for a declaration that it has failed to fulfil its obligations arising out of its failure to implement that decision (see, most recently, Case C-404/97 Commission ν Portugal [2000] ECR 1-4897, paragraph 34).
Endvidere bemærkes, at det fremgår af fast retspraksis, at tilbagesøgningen af en ulovlig støtte er den logiske følge af, at støtten er fundet ulovlig.
It is immaterial whether such unlawfulness is pleaded in the action brought against the Member State or, as in this case, in an action for annulment of the decision at issue (Case C-17/99).
Domstolen har tillige fastslået, at den eneste indsigelse, som kan gøres gældende af en medlemsstat over for et af Kommissionen i henhold til traktatens artikel 93, stk. 2, anlagt traktatbrudssøgsmål, er indsigelsen om, at det er absolut umuligt at gennemføre beslutningen korrekt.
By application lodged at the Registry of the Court on 13 July 1999, the Commission of the European Communities brought an action for a declaration that, by not adopting within the prescribed period the measures needed to recover from the recipients thereof aid declared unlawful and incompatible with the common market by Commission Decision 1999/378/EC of 4 November 1998 on aid granted by France to Nouvelle Filature Lainière de Roubaix, the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under the fourth paragraph of Article 189 of the EC Treaty (now the fourth paragraph of Article 249 EC) and under Articles 4 and 5 of that decision.
Desuden skal en medlemsstat, der under gennemførelsen af en beslutning fra Kommissionen om statsstøtte støder på uforudsete og uforudsigelige vanskeligheder eller får kendskab til vanskeligheder, der ikke er
The position could be different only if the measure in question contained particularly serious and manifest defects such that it could be deemed non-existent (Commission ν Portugal, cited above, paragraph 35).
Disse retsmidler forfølger forskellige mål og er undergivet forskellige betingelser.
That also applies to an action for failure to fulfil obligations based on the second subparagraph of Article 88(2) EC (Commission ν Portugal, cited above, paragraph 36).
En medlemsstat kan således ikke — medmindre traktaten udtrykkeligt giver hjemmel hertil — under en traktatbrudssag, der er anlagt på grund af manglende gennemførelse af en beslutning, som er rettet til staten, gøre gældende, at beslutningen er ulovlig (jf. senest dom af 27.6.2000, sag C-404/97, Kommissionen mod Portugal, præmis 34).
It must first be borne in mind that the system of remedies set up by the Treaty distinguishes between actions under Articles 226 and 227 EC, which are directed to obtaining a declaration that a Member State has failed to fulfil its obligations, and those under Articles 230 EC and 232 EC, which are directed to obtaining judicial review of measures adopted by the Community institutions.
bindende i alle enkeltheder for Den Franske Republik, selv om der er indgivet annullationssøgsmål.
absence of suspension of the operation of the said decision at its request.
forudset af Kommissionen, forelægge Kommissionen disse problemer til vurdering med forslag om passende ændringer af den pågældende beslutning. I så fald skal Kommissionen og medlemsstaten i henhold til den regel, der pålægger medlemsstaterne og Fællesskabets institutioner en gensidig pligt til loyalt samarbejde, jf. navnlig EF-traktatens artikel 5 (nu artikel 10 EF), samarbejde efter bedste evne med henblik på at overvinde vanskelighederne, idet traktatens bestemmelser fuldt ud skal overholdes, særligt bestemmelserne om støtte.
It must be observed that although, in Case C- 17/99, the French Government has contended, on the basis of certain circumstances of fact, that the contested decision is unlawful, it has not alleged any defect of such a nature as to show that the measure is non-existent.
I den foreliggende sag har Den Franske Republik ikke fremsat begæring om udsættelse af gennemførelsen af sin forpligtelse til at tilbagesøge den statsstøtte, der er blevet erklæret for uforenelig med traktaten.
It must next be borne in mind that it is settled case-law that recovery of unlawful aid is the logical consequence of a finding that it is unlawful.
Det skal i denne forbindelse ligeledes bemærkes, at der er en formodning for, at den anfægtede beslutning er lovlig, og beslutningen fortsat er
The Court has also held that the only defence available to a Member State in opposing an application by the Commission under Article 93(2) of the Treaty for a declaration that it has failed to fulfil its Treaty obligations is to plead that it was absolutely impossible for it to implement the decision properly.
Generaladvokat S. Alber fremsatte forslag til afgørelse i retsmødet (Femte Afdeling
In this case, the French Republic has not asked for suspension of its obligation to recover the State aid declared incompatible with the Treaty.
Sag T-18/99 Cordis Obst und Gemüse Großhandel GmbH / Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber Landbrug
Consequently, whatever the conditions under which, by virtue of the case-law of the Court, such a request might be granted, the contested decision remained binding in its entirety on the French Republic, particularly as regards its obligation to recover the aid in question in the