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Det bestemmes i artikel 2, stk. 3, at en embedsdyrlæge, der er udpeget af den kompetente myndighed i udgangslandet, kontrollerer og attesterer, a) at dyrene kan tåle den planlagte transport i overensstemmelse med bestemmelserne i direktiv 91/628/EØF, b) at det transportmiddel, hvori dyrene transporteres ud af Fællesskabets område, er i overensstemmelse med dette direktiv, og c) at der er truffet foranstaltninger til pasning af dyrene under transporten i overensstemmelse med nævnte direktiv.
Article 2(3) of the regulation provides that an official veterinarian appointed by the competent authority of the State from which the animals have come, is to verify and certify that (a) the animals are fit for the intended journey in accordance with the provisions of Directive 91/628, (b) the means of transport by which the live animals leave the customs territory of the Community complies with the provisions of that directive, and (c) provisions have been made for the care of the animals during the journey in accordance with that directive.
Det fremgår af kapitel VII (nr. 48) i bilaget til det nævnte direktiv, hvor hyppigt levende dyr skal vandes og fodres, hvor længe de må forsendes, og hvor lange hvileperioder de skal have under transport.
Chapter VII 48 of the annex to the abovementioned directive indicates the watering and feeding intervals, journey times and rest periods that must be observed during the transport of live animals.
Ifølge nr. 48, punkt 2, må forsendelsestiden som hovedregel ikke overstige 8 timer, medmindre transportmidlet opfylder kravene i punkt 3.
Under Chapter VII 48 point 2, journey times may not, in principle, exceed eight hours unless the transporting vehicle meets the requirements referred to in point 3.
Der er i nr. 48, punkt 4, litra d), og i nr. 48, punkt 5, i dette kapitel fastsat en regel for forsendelsestiden for kvæg (kaldet »29-timersreglen«), hvorefter dyrene efter 14 timers transport skal have en hvileperiode på mindst 1 time, hvor de skal vandes og eventuelt fodres. Efter
In the case of transport of bovine animals, Chapter VII 48 points 4(d) and 5 establish a rule (the ‘29-hour rule’) according to which animals must, after four-
Direktiv 91/628 indeholder de kriterier, som medlemsstaterne skal tage hensyn til for at beskytte dyr under transport.
Directive 91/628 establishes the criteria that Member States must follow for the protection of animals during transport.
II — De faktiske omstændigheder, de præjudicielle spørgsmål og retsforhandlingerne for Domstolen denne hvileperiode kan de transporteres i endnu 14 timer, hvorefter de skal læsses af, fodres og vandes, og de skal have en hvileperiode på mindst 24 timer 7.
II — Facts, reference for preliminary ruling and procedure before the Court teen hours of travel, be given a rest period of at least one hour, during which they must be given liquid and if necessary fed, after which they may be transported for a further fourteen hours; they must then be unloaded, fed and watered and be rested for at least twentyfour hours. 7
Med hensyn til søtransport bestemmes der følgende i nr. 48, punkt 7, i bilaget til direktivet:
Chapter VII 48 point 7 of the annex to the directive contains the following provision on transport by sea:
»a) Dyrene må ikke transporteres med skib, såfremt den maksimale forsendelsestid overstiger den, der er fastsat i punkt 2, medmindre betingelserne i punkt 3 og 4, med undtagelse af forsendelses- og hvileperioderne, overholdes.
‘(a) Animals must not be transported by sea if the maximum journey time exceeds that laid down in point 2, unless the conditions laid down in points 3 and 4, apart from journey times and rest periods, are met.
Det fremgår af forelæggelseskendelsen, at de pågældende dyr først blev transporteret i 14 timer ad landevejen fra Østrig til Trieste (Italien), hvor de blev aflæsset og hvilede i 24 timer. Herefter blev de atter lastet på en lastbil og kørt om bord på en ro-ro-færge, der sejlede dem til Albanien.
It appears from the order for reference that the animals in question were first transported for 14 hours by road from Austria to Trieste (Italy), where they were unloaded and rested for 24 hours, and that they then continued the journey to Albania by lorry loaded onto a roll-on/roll-off ferry.
Overfarten til Durres (Albanien) varede 41 timer og 30 minutter, og den umiddelbart efterfølgende vejtransport varede 4 timer og 30 minutter. Dyrenes endelige bestemmelsessted var Lushnja (Albanien), hvor de blev aflæsset efter en samlet forsendelsestid på 46 timer.
The crossing to Durres (Albania) lasted 41 and a half hours and was immediately followed by a four-and-half hour journey by road to Lushnja (Albania), the final destination where the animals were unloaded after travelling for 46 hours in all.
b) Ved transport med skib i fast direkte rutefart mellem to forskellige steder i Fællesskabet ved hjælp af køretøjer, der indskibes uden aflæsning af dyrene, skal dyrene have en hvileperiode på 12 timer efter aflæsning i bestemmelseshavnen eller i umiddelbar nærhed heraf, medmindre det med søtransporten er muligt at lade transporten indgå i den generelle model i punkt 2-4.«
(b) In the case of transport by sea on a regular and direct link between two geographical points of the Community by means of vehicles loaded on to vessels without unloading of the animals, the latter must be rested for 12 hours after unloading at the port of destination or in its immediate vicinity unless the journey time at sea is such that the voyage can be included in the general scheme of points 2 to 4’.
7 — 29-timersreglen udgør faktisk en uklar fortolkning af nr. 48, punkt 4, litra d), der bestemmer, at der kræves en hvileperiode på mindst 1 time, hvis transporten strækker sig over højst 28 timer.
7 — In fact, the ‘29-hour rule’ represents an inaccurate interpretation of Chapter VII 48 point 4(d) which establishes that in the course of a journey which may last for a maximum of 28 hours, there must be a rest lasting for a minimum of at least one hour.
Den pågældende 29-timersregel vedrører derfor ikke den maksimale transporttid, men den mindste forsendelsestid.
It follows that the 29-hour rule does not define the maximum but the minimum journey time.
Zollamt Salzburg afviste at betale den eksportrestitution, som Schwaninger Martin anmodede om, fordi den pågældende transport var sket i strid med de fællesskabsretlige bestemmelser om beskyttelse af dyr og i særdeleshed kravene i direktiv 91/628 om vandings- og fodringshyppigheden for dyr, der transporteres med skib.
The Salzburg customs office rejected the application for an export refund submitted by Schwaninger Martin since it considered that the transport in question had been effected by the latter in breach of the Community rules on the protection of animals, in par -ticular the provisions of Directive 91/628 on the intervals at which animals are to be fed and watered in the course of journeys by sea.
Zollamt fastslog således, at det ikke var anført på sagsøgerens ruteplan, hvor hyppigt dyrene var blevet
It pointed out that, in fact, the route plan submitted by the applicant did not contain any statements in relation to the intervals at which the animals were fed and watered during the journey by sea or any indication as to who was in charge of feeding and watering them and it therefore assumed that
SCHWANINGER varigheden af søtransport ved transport af kvæg ikke opfylder reglen i punkt 4, litra d), hvis dyrene efter 14 timers transport ikke får en hvileperiode på mindst en time.
SCHWANINGER the case of transport of bovine animals, the journey time by sea does not comply with the rule in point 4(d) if, after 14 hours of travel, the animals are not given a rest period of at least one hour?
fodret og vandet under færgeoverfarten, og hvem der skulle udføre dette arbejde, og udledte heraf, at de transporterede dyr i et tidsrum på 46 timer hverken havde fået foder eller vand.
the animals transported had neither been fed nor watered for a period of 46 hours.
Zollamt fandt desuden, at en senere forelagt erklæring på tro og love fra chaufføren med oplysninger om, hvornår dyrene var blevet vandet og fodret under overfarten, var uden betydning.
It also considered that a subsequent affidavit submitted by the driver and containing details of the times at which the animals were fed and watered during the ferry journey was irrelevant in this connection.
Schwaninger Martin har klaget over Zollamt Salzburgs afslag til Unabhängiger Finanzsenat, der er i tvivl om, hvorledes den relevante fællesskabslovgivning skal fortolkes, og som derfor har besluttet at udsætte sagen og at forelægge Domstolen følgende præjudicielle spørgsmål:
Schwaninger Martin brought an appeal against the Salzburg customs office’s decision to reject its application before the Unabhängiger Finanzsenat (Independent Finance Tribunal) which, having doubts as to the interpretation of the relevant Community legislation, decided to stay the proceedings pending before it and refer the following questions to the Court for a preliminary ruling:
3) Såfremt det første spørgsmål besvares benægtende, spørges, om bestemmelsen, der i den forbindelse finder anvendelse, i […] nr. 48, punkt 7, litra a), i bilaget til direktiv [91/628] skal forstås således, at varigheden af søtransport i direkte rutetrafik mellem et geografisk punkt i Fællesskabet og et geografisk punkt beliggende i et tredjeland ved hjælp af køretøjer, som er lastet på et skib, uden at dyrene aflæsses, er uden betydning, hvis dyrene bliver regelmæssigt fodret og vandet, og om der i et sådant tilfælde straks efter aflæsningen af lastbilen i bestemmelseshavnen begynder et yderligere tidsrum for lastbiltransport på 29 timer.
(3) If question one is answered in the negative, is the then applicable provision in Chapter VII 48 point 7(a) of the annex to Directive 91/628/EEC to be understood as meaning that the journey time by sea on a regular and direct link between a geographical point of the Community and a geographical point in a third country by means of vehicles loaded onto vessels without unloading of the animals is immaterial provided that the animals are regularly fed and watered and, in such a case, does a further period of 29 hours of transport by road begin immediately after unloading the lorry at the port of destination?
»1) Skal artikel 1 i Kommissionens forordning […] nr. 615/98 […] forstås således, at […] nr. 48, punkt 7, litra b), i bilaget til […] direktiv [91/628] […] finder analog anvendelse på søtransport i direkte rutetrafik mellem et geografisk punkt i Fællesskabet og et geografisk punkt beliggende i et tredjeland ved hjælp af køretøjer, som er lastet på et skib, uden at dyrene aflæsses?
‘(1) Is Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 615/98 of 18 March 1998 to be understood as meaning that Chapter VII 48 point 7(b) of the annex to Di -rective 91/628/EEC of 19 November 1991 applies analogously in the case of transport by sea on a regular and direct link between a geographical point of the Community and a geographical point in a third country by means of vehicles loaded onto vessels without unloading of the animals?
4) Såfremt det tredje spørgsmål besvares bekræftende, spørges, om artikel 5, afsnit A, stk. 2, litra d), nr. ii), første led, i direktiv [91/628] skal forstås således, at det personale, der varetager transporten, skal anføre i ruteplanen, hvornår de transporterede dyr er blevet fodret og vandet under skibstransporten, og at en forududfyldt, maskinskreven erklæring om, at »dyrene under transporten er blevet fodret og vandet om aftenen og morgenen, midt på dagen og om aftenen og morgenen«, ikke opfylder kravene i direktiv [91/628], med den
(2) If question one is answered in the affirmative, is Chapter VII 48 point 7(b) of the annex to Directive 91/628/EEC to be understood as meaning that, in
2) Såfremt det første spørgsmål besvares bekræftende, spørges, om […] nr. 48, punkt 7, litra b), i bilaget til direktiv [91/628] skal forstås således, at
(4) If question three is answered in the affirmative, is the first indent of Article 5A point 2(d)(ii) of Direct- ive 91/628/EEC to be understood as meaning that the staff in charge of the transport are required to state in the route plan the times at which the animals transported were fed and watered during the ferry journey and that a pretyped statement indicating that ‘during the ferry journey, animals are fed and watered in the evenings and mornings, at midday, and in the evenings and mornings’ does not meet the requirements of
FORSLAG TIL AFGØRELSE FRA GENERALADVOKAT MENGOZZI — SAG C-207/06 bilaget til dette direktiv analogt på transport med skib i fast rutefart mellem to geografiske punkter i Fællesskabet.
OPINION OF MR MENGOZZI — CASE C-207/06 points of the Community applies analogously in the case of transport by ferry to a third country.
retsvirkning, at retten til eksportrestitution fortabes, når de foranstaltninger, der reelt er truffet med henblik på at passe på dyrene, ikke er anført, såfremt det ikke lykkes at fremlægge det nødvendige bevis på anden måde.«
Directive 91/628/EEC, with the effect in law that the failure to state the measures actually taken to care for the animals leads to a loss of the right to an export refund in so far as the proof required cannot be provided by any other means?’
Før jeg nærmere behandler dette spørgsmål, skal jeg kort skitsere og på visse punkter præcisere de retlige rammer for det første spørgsmål.
Before passing to the analysis of the question, I think it is advisable to recall briefly, in some detail, the legislative context in which it was raised.
Schwaninger Martin, den belgiske og den østrigske regering samt Kommissionen har afgivet skriftlige bemærkninger i henhold til artikel 23 i statutten for Domstolen.
In accordance with Article 23 of the Statute of the Court, Schwaninger Martin, the Belgian and Austrian Governments and the Commission submitted written observations.
Schwaninger Martin, den græske regering og Kommissionen var repræsenteret under retsmødet.
Schwaninger Martin, the Greek government and the Commission were represented at the hearing.
Jeg skal først og fremmest gøre opmærksom på, at ifølge artikel 1 i forordning nr. 615/98 udbetales der kun eksportrestitution, hvis fællesskabsbestemmelserne om beskyttelse af dyr, og navnlig kravene i direktiv 91/628, heriblandt bestemmelserne om maksimale forsendelsestider og hvileperioder under transport i kapitel VII i bilaget til dette direktiv, overholdes under transporten og indtil det første aflæsningssted i det endelige bestemmelsestredjeland.
It should be noted first that under Article 1 of Regulation No 615/98 the granting of export refunds is subject to compliance, during the transport of the animals to the first place of unloading in the third country of final destination, with the Community rules on the protection of animals, in particular the rules referred to in Directive 91/628 and especially the provisions contained in Chapter VII of the annex to that directive on maximum journey times and rest periods to be observed during transport.
A — Det første spørgsmål
A — The first question
Med det første spørgsmål har den forelæggende ret i det væsentlige anmodet Domstolen om at præcisere, hvilken rækkevidde henvisningen i forordning nr. 615/98 til direktiv 91/628 har, og om denne henvisning bevirker, at man ved transport på færger til tredjelande skal anvende de udtrykkelige bestemmelser i nr. 48, punkt 7, litra b), i
By the first question, the referring court is essentially asking the Court to determine the scope of the reference made by Regulation No 615/98 to Directive 91/628 and in particular whether, by virtue of that reference, the express provision in Chapter VII 48 point 7(b) of the annex to that directive which applies to transport by ferry on a regular and direct link between two geographical
Kvæg må som hovedregel transporteres i 8 timer, men hvis transportmidlet opfylder visse krav, der sikrer de transporterede dyrs velfærd (nr. 48, punkt 3, i bilaget til direktivet), kan forsendelsen strække sig over 29 timer afbrudt af en pause på mindst 1 time, hvor dyrene fodres og vandes.
In general, bovine animals may be transported for eight hours except in cases where certain requirements are met relating to the means of transport and designed to ensure the welfare of the animals transported — Chapter VII 48 point 3 of the annex to the directive — in which case the journey may last twenty-nine hours with a rest period of at least one hour during which the animals must be fed and watered.
Ved transport med ro-ro-færger inden for Fællesskabet skal dyrene imidlertid i henhold til punkt 7, litra b), hvile i 12 timer i ankomsthavnen, hvis forsendelsestiden er længere end anført i punkt 2 og punkt 4, litra d) (8 timers forsendelse eller 28 timers transport).
However, where intra-Community transport by sea is effected by means of roll-on/roll-off ferries, Chapter VII 48 point 7(b) provides that there must be a rest period of twelve hours at the port of destination if the journey time exceeds the journey times specified in points 2 and 4(d) (eight hours and twentyeight hours respectively).
Ud over at det, som Kommissionen har påpeget, fremgår klart af nr. 48, punkt 7, litra b), i bilaget til direktiv 91/628, at transport med færger uden for Fællesskabets område falder uden for direktivets anvendelsesområde, kan der ifølge artikel 1 i forordning nr. 615/98 kun udbetales eksportrestitutioner, hvis kravene i direktiv 91/628 overholdes i løbet af transporten af dyrene »til det første aflæsningssted i det endelige bestemmelsestredjeland«, men denne forordning indeholder ingen specifik bestemmelse om, hvorledes direktivets krav (selv om de udtrykkeligt omhandler fællesskabstransport) inden for rammerne af denne forordning ligeledes skal anvendes på transport til tredjelande.
In the first place, as the Commission has pointed out, in addition to the clear wording of Chapter VII 48 point 7(b) of the annex to Directive 91/628 according to which transport by ferry outside the Community does not fall within the scope of that provision, there is also the fact that while it is true that for the purposes of granting export refunds Article 1 of Regulation No 615/98 extends compliance with the provisions of Directive 91/628 in the phases of transport of animals ‘to the first place of unloading in the third country of final destination’, nevertheless that regulation does not contain any specific provision on the detailed rules whereby the provisions of the directive, which refer explicitly to intra-Community transport, are to apply equally under the regulation to transport to third countries.
Den forelæggende ret har nu anmodet Domstolen om at præcisere, hvilket af de to tilfælde i nr. 48, punkt 7, litra a) og b), i bilaget til direktiv 91/628 der omfatter en transport, der som den her omhandlede foregår med en lastbil, som indlades på en færge, der sejler mellem et punkt i Fællesskabet og et tredjeland.
The referring court asks the Court to determine which of the two cases referred to in Chapter VII 48 point 7(a) and (b) of the annex to Directive 91/628 applies to transport, as in the present case, in a lorry loaded onto a ferry on a regular link between a point of the Community and a third country.
Den forelæggende ret er klar over, at det efter ordlyden af punkt 7, litra b), må udelukkes, at denne bestemmelse gælder for transport til tredjelande, men mener alligevel, at det er muligt at udvide den pågældende artikels anvendelsesområde i medfør af henvisningen i forordning nr. 615/98 til direktiv 91/628, hvorefter direktivets krav skal overholdes under transporten af dyrene til det første aflæsningssted i det endelige bestemmelsestredjeland.
The referring court, while noting that on the basis of the wording of Chapter VII 48 point 7(b) that provision is not applicable to transport other than Community transport, nevertheless considers that the scope of the article in question may be extended by virtue of the reference made by Regulation No 615/98 to Directive 91/628, which requires compliance with the provisions of the directive during the transport of the animals to the first place of unloading in the third country of final destination.
Jeg skal herved påpege, at selv om en analog anvendelse af bestemmelsen i nr. 48, punkt 7, litra b), i bilaget til direktiv 91/628 på transport til tredjelande vil bidrage til at nå det konkrete mål med forordning nr. 615/98, nemlig at beskytte dyrene, ved at sikre det samme beskyttelsesniveau både ved transport til andre medlemsstater og ved transport til tredjelande, vil en sådan udvidelse af ordningen dog kræve et samarbejde med de pågældende tredjelande, der for at sikre dyrevelfærden vil være nødt til at overholde Fællesskabets krav til infrastrukturer og hygiejneforhold i bestemmelseshavnene.
It should be noted in this connection that, although the analogous application of the provisions laid down in Chapter VII 48 point 7(b) of the annex to Direct- ive 91/628 to extraCommunity transport would help to achieve the specific objective of protecting animals, referred to in Regulation No 615/98, by securing an equal level of protection in both Community and extraCommunity transport, nevertheless such an extension of the rules would entail cooperation on the part of third countries which would have to ensure that the infrastructures and the hygiene facilities required under the Community legislation to ensure the welfare of the animals were available in the ports of destination in those countries.
Dette vil stride mod princippet om staternes suveræne ligestilling, der ligger til grund for forbindelserne mellem dem.
That is incompatible with compliance with the principle of sovereign equality of States on which international relations are based.
Den forelæggende rets forslag om at anvende bestemmelserne analogt kan jeg ikke støtte, fordi det er nødvendigt at overholde de folkeretlige principper og retligt umuligt at håndhæve fællesskabsreglerne uden for »Fællesskabets område« 8.
The analogous extension proposed by the referring court is therefore precluded by the requirement to comply with the principles of international law and, in particular, by the legal impossibility of imposing the application of Community rules outside ‘Community territory’.
Det kan ikke antages, at fællesskabslovgiver med henvisningen i artikel 1 i forordning nr. 615/98 og kravet om, at bestemmelserne i direktiv 91/628 skal overholdes, for at der kan tildeles eksportrestitutioner, havde til hensigt at imødegå disse principper og denne umulighed.
8It is not to be supposed that the Community legislature, in requiring compliance with the provisions of Directive 91/628 for the purposes of export refunds through the reference made to that directive by Article 1 of Regulation No 615/98, intended to go against those principles and that legal impossibility.
Den fortolkning af bestemmelserne i artikel 1 i forordning nr. 615/98, sammenholdt med nr. 48, punkt 7, litra b), i bilaget til direktiv 91/628, som den nationale ret har foreslået, må derfor afvises, da den strider mod det tidligere anførte.
The interpretation of the combined provisions of Article 1 of Regulation No 615/98 and Chapter VII 48 point 7(b) of the annex to Directive 91/628 proposed by the national court must therefore be ruled out as being contrary to the precepts in the preceding paragraph.
Det kan heller ikke anses for nødvendigt at anvende den særlige ordning i nr. 48, punkt 7, litra b), i bilaget til direktiv 91/628 analogt, eftersom der ikke er tale om at udfylde en lakune i den pågældende ordning hvad angår transport med ro-ro-færger til tredjelande.
Moreover, an analogous extension of the specific rules laid down in Chapter VII 48 point 7(b) of the annex to Direct- ive 91/628 is also unnecessary in the light of the fact that there is no gap to be filled in the rules at issue with respect to the case of transport by roll-on/roll-off ferry to a third country: in that case, the general provisions on transport by sea laid down in point 7(a) apply.
De almindelige bestemmelser om transport med skib i litra a) i den nævnte bestemmelse finder i givet fald anvendelse.
On a covered deck of a roll-on/roll-off vessel, sufficient ventilation for the number of vehicles transported must be maintained.