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Den påståede utilstrækkelige begrundelse, der er anført i denne doms præmis 109, er ikke fastslået I modsætning til hvad ACB har anført, har Retten ikke blot fastslået, at Kommissionen klart havde angivet, hvilke støttekodeks, der var de gældende, men har i den anfægtede doms præmis 59-68 fremført en juridisk argumentation, der fører til den konklusion, at Kommissionen ikke var forpligtet til at henholde sig til de tidligere kodekser.
Given that the detailed rules governing the recovery of national taxes levied though not due are a matter for the national legislature, the question whether such rules may apply retroactively is equally a question of national law, provided that any such retroactive application does not contravene the principle of effectiveness.
Hvad angår navnlig den femte kode er der ingen af bestemmelsernes ordlyd, der fastslår, at den kan anvendes med tilbagevirkende kraft.
A transitional period of 90 days prior to the retroactive application of a period of three years for initiating proceedings in place of a ten- or five-year period is clearly insufficient.
Desuden fremgår det af de på hinanden følgende støttekodeksers opbygning og formål, at hver enkelt af dem fastsætter bestemmelser for at tilpasse jern- og stålindustrien til formålene i EKSF-traktatens artikel 2,3 og 4 i henhold til de behov, der foreligger i en givet periode. Anvendelsen af bestemmelser fastsat for en bestemt perioden i henhold til situationen i denne periode på statsstøtte, der er tildelt og udbetalt i løbet af en forudgående periode, svarer ikke til denne bestemmelses opbygning eller formål.
If an initial period of five years is taken as a reference, 90 days leaves taxpayers whose rights accrued approximately three years earlier in a position of having to act within three months when they had thought that almost another two years were still available.
Som led i et mere generelt anbringende med henblik på at påvise, at Retten havde tilsidesat princippet om forbuddet mod beslutninger, der har karakter af en sanktion, har Falck og ACB nærmere bestemt anført, at den anfægtede dom er behæftet med en tredje urigtig retsopfattelse, idet den fastslår, at Kommissionen kunne træffe afgørelse om den pågældende støttes forenelighed alene på grundlag af de oplysninger, den havde til rådighed på tidspunktet for vedtagelsen af den anfægtede beslutning.
Where a period of ten or five years for initiating proceedings is reduced to three years, the minimum transitional period required to ensure that rights conferred by Community law can be effectively exercised and that normally diligent taxpayers can familiarise themselves with the new regime and prepare and commence proceedings in circumstances which do not compromise their chances of success can be reasonably assessed at six months.
Uden at det er nødvendigt at tage stilling til, om det er velbegrundet, skal dette klagepunkt forkastes som irrelevant, idet Kommissionen ikke kunne erklære den omtvistede støtte for forenelig med fællesmarkedet.
In that reeard, whilst national legislation reducing the period within which repayment of sums collected in breach of Community law may be sought is not incompatible with the principle of effectiveness, this is subject to the condition not only that the new limitation period is reasonable but also that the new legislation includes transitional arrangements allowing an adequate period after the enactment of the legislation for lodging claims for repayment which persons were entitled to submit under the original legislation.
Heraf følger, at den femte kodeks ikke kan anvendes med tilbagevirkende kraft på støtte omfattet af den anfægtede beslutning, og da den anden kodeks ikke kan anvendes, kan Kommissionen, under alle omstændigheder hverken erklære støtten forenelig med fællesmarkedet i henhold til den ene eller den anden af disse kodekser.
Such transitional arrangements are necessary where the immediate application to those claims of a limitation period snorter than that which was previously in force would have the effect of retroactively depriving some individuals of their right to repayment, or of allowing them too short a period for asserting that right (Case C-62/00 Marks & Spencer [2002], paragraph 38). Thus, the transitional period must be sufficient to allow taxpayers who initially thought that the old period for bringing proceedings was available to them a reasonable period of time to assert their right of recovery in the event that, under the new rules, they would already be out of time.
Den pågældende støtte var således forbudt i henhold til EKSF-traktatens artikel 4, litra c).
In any event, they must not be compelled to prepare their action with the haste imposed by an obligation to act in circumstances of urgency
Som følge heraf har de urigtige retsopfattelser, der er blevet lagt til grund i beslutningen og den anfægtede dom i den forbindelse, ingen konsekvenser for disses gyldighed. Selv uden disse urigtige retsopfattelser, ville den anfægtede beslutnings konklusion for så vidt angår den omtvistede støttes forenelighed med fællesmarkedet have været den samme, og Retten burde under alle omstændigheder have godkendt denne beslutning.
'Community law precludes the retroactive application of a time-limit that is shorter and, as the case may be, more restrictive for the claimant than the period for initiating proceedings that was previously applicable to claims for the recovery of national taxes contrary to Community law where no adequate transitional period is provided during which claims relating to sums paid before the entry into force of the legislation introducing the new time-
Domstolen har imidlertid ligeledes i samme præmis i dommen i sagen Geigy mod Kommissionen fastslået, at uden en sådan bestemmelse hindrer det grundlæggende krav om retssikkerhed, at Kommissionen i det uendelige kan udsætte udøvelsen af sine beføjelser.
limit may still be brought within the old period. Where a limitation period of five years is replaced with a time-omit of three years, a transitional period of 90 days must be regarded as insufficient and six months must be regarded as the minimum period required to ensure that the exercise of rights of recovery is not rendered excessively difficult'
Den anfægtede dom bør ophæves for så vidt angår dette klagepunkt.
He proposed that the Court should answer as follows:
I henhold til artikel 54, stk. 1, i EKSF-statutten for Domstolen kan Domstolen, når den ophæver den af Retten trufne afgørelse, enten selv træffe endelig afgørelse, hvis sagen er moden til påkendelse, eller hjemvise den til Retten til afgørelse.
'Community law does not preclude the application of a national provision establishing a transitional period for the entry into force of a new time-limit, shorter than that existing until that time, for persons entitled to reimbursement of sums paid but not due to bring the relevant actions, based on Community law and arising as the result of payments made before that national provision entered into force, provided that the transitional period, by reason of its length and of the other procedural and substantive circumstances of fact and law present in the national legal order, does not make it virtually impossible or excessively difficult to bring the actions in question.'
Da det af gennemgangen af sagens akter ikke fremgår, at de faktiske forhold er gengivet forkert, skal disse klagepunkter afvises fra realitetsbehandling.
Case C-351/01 Commission of the European Communities ν French Republic Freedom to provide services
Sagen er i dette tilfælde moden til påkendelse, og anbringende vedrørende den Kommissionens langsommelige sagsbehandling skal straks behandles for at efterprøve, om der skal gives ACB medhold i de i første instans nedlagte påstande, eller om afvisningen af dette anbringende medfører, at appellanternes andre anbringender skal behandles.
(Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Directive 98/5/EC — Practice of the profession of lawyer on a permanent basis in a Member State other than that in which the qualification was acquired) (Third Chamber) has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive.
I den forbindelse har appellanterne anført, at den anfægtede dom udelukkende hviler på en delvis stiltiende modsætningsslutning, nemlig at eftersom fællesskabslovgiver kun har indført forældelsesfrist vedrørende statsstøtte under forordningen om proceduren i statsstøttesager, som trådte i kraft den 16. april 1999, kan forældelse ikke gøres gældende på en situation, der materielt ikke er omfattet af denne forordning, for så vidt angår krav om tilbagebetaling af en statsstøtte.
By application lodged at the Court Registry on 18 September 2001, the Commission of the European Communities brought an action under Article 226 EC for a declaration that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 98/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 to facilitate practice of the profession of lawyer on a permanent basis in a Member State other than that in which the qualification was obtained, the French Republic
Sidstnævnte har imidlertid ikke fastsat en forældelsesfrist på området om kontrol med statsstøtte ydet i henhold til EKSF-traktaten.
The French Government acknowledges that it did not transpose the Directive within the period prescribed.
Gennemgangen af sagens akter fører til, at klagepunktet i første instans om, at Kommissionen har reageret for sent, må forkastes.
It states that the procedure for adopting the law transposing the Directive and its implementing decrees is currently ongoing.
Kommissionen har imidlertid siden juli 1988 anmodet de italienske myndigheder om oplysninger vedrørende en lignende støtte, der var blevet udbetalt til den samme virksomhed i december 1987.
It adds that a number of French bars have already started to apply the provisions of the Directive.
Såfremt dette ikke er tilfældes vil modtageren i det mindste bevare en fordel, der svarer til et gratis likviditetsforskud eller et rentelettet lån.
Advocate General S. Alber delivered his Opinion at the sitting of the Third Chamber on 6 June 2002.
c) Beregningsgrundlaget for renten
He proposed that the Court should:
Modtagere af støtte, der er uforenelig med fællesmarkedet, kan således ikke gøre gældende, at de ikke forventer, at Kommissionen vil kræve tilbagebetaling af denne statsstøtte med påløbne renter, der så vidt muligt svarer til de renter, der pålægges på kapitalmarkedet.
Ί) declare that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 98/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 to facilitate practice of the profession of lawyer on a permanent basis in a Member State other than that in which the qualification was obtained, the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;
I den forbindelse finder proceduren i national ret kun anvendelse på tilbagesøgningen af de uretmæssigt udbetalte beløb, hvis der ikke foreligger fællesskabsbestemmelser.
Case C-351/98 Kingdom of Spain ν Commission of the European Communities State aid
Tilbagesøgning af en ulovligt udbetalt statsstøtte for herved at genoprette den oprindelige situation kan derfor principielt ikke betragtes som en foranstaltning, der ikke står i rimeligt forhold til formålene i den pågældende traktats bestemmelser om statsstøtte (dom af 21.3.1990, sag C-142/87, Belgien mod
(State aid — Effect on competition and trade between Member States — De minimis rule — Sectoral guidelines and guidelines on aid for environmental protection —Horizontal aid with sectoral effects) (Sixth Chamber)
For så vidt angår det første klagepunkt har Falck og ACB anført, at i betragtning af Falcks forpligtelser over for ACB og Valbruna Sri er det Falck, som i sidste ende er forpligtet til at udrede tilbagebetalingsbeløbet.
By application lodged at the Court Registry on 25 September 1998 the Kingdom of Spain sought, under the first paragraph of Article 173 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, the first paragraph of Article 230 EC), the annulment of
En sådan udvikling vil ikke have nogen indvirkning på genoprettelsen af konkurrencen, eftersom Falck på nuværende tidspunkt ikke længere er aktiv i jern- og stålindustrien. Som følge heraf er den anfægtede
Articles 3 and 4 of Commission Decision 98/693/EC of 1 July 1998 concerning the Spanish Plan Renove Industrial system of aid for the purchase of commercial vehicles (August 1994 — December 1996).
iv) Klagepunktet om, at anvendelse af en for høj rentesats ved tilbagebetalingen af støtte har omdannet tilbagebetalingskravet til en sanktion
By an agreement concluded on 27 September 1994 by the Spanish Ministry of Industry and Energy and the Instituto de Crédito Oficial, the Spanish authorities established a regime, applicable in the form at issue in this case from August 1994 to December 1996, called the 'Plan Renove Industrial' (hereinafter the Plan'), whose purpose was to facilitate the replacement of commercial vehicles belonging to natural persons, small and medium-sized enterprises (hereinafter 'SMEs'), regional public bodies and bodies providing local public services.
Klagepunktet om, at Retten ikke har truffet afgørelse om sanktionsspørgsmålet, selv om Falck kunne komme til at bære tilbagebetalingen af statsstøtte, der var uforenelig med fællesmarkedet, er således uden betydning.
However, the Commission considers that all other aid awarded under the Plan to natural persons or SMEs (hereinafter 'the contested aid') constitutes State aid within the meaning of Article 92(1) of the Treaty that is illegal and incompatible with the common market.
ii) Klagepunktet om, at tilbagebetalingskravet i mangel af en virkelig undersøgelse af støttens forenelighed omdannes til en sanktion
The mechanism consisted in the grant of an interest subsidy for loans to finance the purchase or hire-purchase of eligible new vehicles.
Uden at det er nødvendigt at tage stilling til, om det er velbegrundet, skal dette klagepunkt forkastes som irrelevant, idet Kommissionen var forpligtet til at erklære den omtvistede støtte uforenelig med fællesmarkedet.
The loans granted under the Plan covered up to 70% of the purchase price excluding VAT of the vehicle and the subsidy was granted on the condition that a commercial vehicle more than 10 years old (or more than seven years old in the case of tractor units) which met certain requirements that varied according to the type of vehicle purchased be withdrawn from circulation in return.
Det følger af ovenstående, at der kun kan gives appellanterne medhold i det omfang, Retten ifølge en urigtig retsopfattelse har afvist ACB's anbringende om, at Kommissionens sene krav om tilbagebetaling var en tilsidesættelse af retssikkerhedsprincippet.
After the Kingdom of Spain had filed its action, the Confederación Española de Transporte de Mercancías (CETM) brought a parallel action before the Court of First Instance of the European Communities, also for annulment of Articles 3 and 4 of the contested decision.
I øvrigt skal appellerne forkastes.
That action was registered under number T-55/99.
iii) Klagepunktet om, at fejl og forvirring vedrørende forskellig støtte har omdannet tilbagebetalingskravet til en sanktion
The procedure before the Court of First Instance followed the normal course.
Det skal med det samme bemærkes, at appellanternes tredje klagepunkt, der har til formål at påvise, at Retten med urette har fastslået, at der ikke foreligger en sanktion, på
Taking the view that the measure in question did not amount to State aid within the meaning of Article 92(1) of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Article 87(1) EC), the Spanish authorities did not notify it to the Commission under Article 93(3) of the EC Treaty (now Article 88(3) EC).
Imidlertid har Domstolen, der i henhold til artikel 54 i EKSF-statutten for Domstolen selv har truffet realitetsafgørelse, fastslået, at Kommissionens sagsbehandling, omstændighederne taget i betragtning, ikke har været for langsommelig, og at retssikkerhedsprincippet derfor ikke er blevet tilsidesat.
By an order of 25 January 2000, after the parties had submitted argument, the Court of Justice stayed proceedings under the third paragraph of Article 47 of the EC Statute of the Court of Justice and Article 82a(l)(a) of the Rules of Procedure, pending delivery of a final decision by the Court of First Instance in Case T-55/99.
Heraf følger at Kommissionen skal frifindes for ACB's påstande.
By judgment of 29 September 2000 (Case T-55/99 CETM ν Commission [2000]), the Court of First Instance dismissed CETM's action.
Det hedder i domskonklusionen:
The Commission became aware of the measure from the press.
»1) Den af Retten i Første Instans afsagte dom af 16. december 1999, Acciaierie di Bolzano mod Kommissionen (sag T-158/96) ophceves, for så vidt som den afviser anbringendet om, at Kommissionens sene tilbagebetalingskrav var en tilsidesættelse af retssikkerhedsprincippet.
When asked, the Spanish Government stated to the Court of Justice that the proceedings before it should continue notwithstanding delivery of the judgment of the Court of First Instance in CETM ν Commission.
Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber frifindes i det annuUationssøgsmål, Acciaierie di Bolzano SpA anlagde for Retten,
The Spanish Government advances five pleas in law in support of its application for annulment. First of all, the contested aid does not fall within the scope of Article 92(1) of the Treaty.
Falck SpA og Acciaierie di Bolzano SpA betaler sagsomkostningerne i henholdsvis sag C-74/00 Ρ og C75/00 P.
Fifthly and finally, the decision does not state reasons in regard to the obligation to recover the aid.
Den Italienske Republik bærersine egne omkostninger i sagerne C-74/00 Ρ og C-75/00.« «
According to the Spanish Government the measures referred to in Article 3 of the contested decision do not constitute State aid within the meaning of Article 92(1) of the Treaty.
Generaladvokat S. Alber fremsatte forslag til afgørelse i retsmødet f Domstolens plenum) den 21. februar 2002.
The situation of professional transport companies and companies which carry out transport only on their own account are therefore not sufficiently homogeneous in order for both categories to belong to the same sector and be operational on the same market.
Præjudiciel »Forordning (EØF) nr. 1408/71 — artikel 77 og 78 — personer, der har ret til pension efter lovgivningen i flere medlemsstater— personer, der har ret til pension efter en overenskomst om social sikring, der er indgået, før medlemsstaten tiltrådte De Europæiske Fællesskaber — ydelser til børn, der forsørges af pensionister, samt til børn, åer har mistet begge forældre eller en af dem — ret til familieydelser for den kompetente institutions regning i en anden medlemsstat end bopælsmedlemsstaten — betingelser for tildeling*
The Commission was therefore not entitled to refuse to examine whether, as the Spanish authorities claimed, the assistance given to nontransport companies could fall within the de minimis rule, the application of which, according to notices issued by the Commission itself, is excluded only in certain sectors and for export aid.
Ved kendelse af 22. november 1999, indgået til Domstolen den 9. december 1999, har Sozialgericht Nürnberg i medfør af artikel 234 EF forelagt to præjudicielle spørgsmål vedrørende fortolkningen af artikel 77, stk. 2, litra b), og artikel 78, stk. 2, litra b), sammenholdt med artikel 79, stk. 1, i Rådets forordning (EØF) nr. 1408/71 af 14. juni 1971 om anvendelse af de sociale sikringsordninger på arbejdstagere, selvstændige erhvervsdrivende og deres familiemedlemmer, der flytter inden for Fællesskabet, som ændret og ajourført ved
With regard to aid to nontransport companies that exceeds the de minimis threshold, it is to be noted that the reasons stated in the contested decision for finding that such aid affects
ansøgning om familieydelser, sagsøgerne havde indgivet.
competition and trade between Member States relate exclusively to the transport sector.
Tvisterne i hovedsagen og de præjudicielle spørgsmål pension i henhold til en bilateral overenskomst om social sikring, der var blevet indgået mellem Forbundsrepublikken Tyskland og Kongeriget Spanien den 4. december 1973, som ændret ved tillæg af 17. december 1975.
the aid in question to be operating aid or aid for investment, despite the fact that the Environmental Guidelines establish different regimes for the two categories.
Hendes afdøde mand havde ikke ret til familieydelser i Tyskland.
The 12th, 13th and 15th paragraphs in Part V of the grounds for the contested decision rather indicate that the aid is for investment, whilst the 17th paragraph, on the other hand, gives the impression that it is operating aid.
De oppebærer alle pension fra både Spanien og Tyskland.
It states that in practice there is discrimination against undertakings from other Member States, since the mechanism implemented under the Plan makes access to aid more difficult for them.
Der blev i Spanien udbetalt pension til faderløse børn til de tre børn, der boede i Spanien, og som var under 18 år.
It must first of all be pointed out that the Commission's argument that the Plan is discriminatory is without foundation.
Den samme type pension blev endvidere udbetalt i Tyskland i henhold til den bilaterale overenskomst, selv efter den 1. januar 1986, hvor Kongeriget Spanien tiltrådte De Europæiske Fællesskaber. Efter tysk lovgivning alene består der ikke ret til en sådan pension.
The statement of reasons required by Article 190 of the Treaty must explain clearly and unambiguously the reasoning followed by the Community institution which has adopted the contested act, so as to enable interested parties to take cognisance of the justifications for the measure for the purpose of defending their rights and to enable the courts to exercise their powers of review.
De har imidlertid kun erhvervet ret til pension i kraft af, at den kompetente tyske institution har medregnet de bidrag, de har indbetalt i Spanien.
Because the aid in question was not clearly classified either as aid for investment or as operating aid, the Kingdom of Spain was not in a position fully to defend its rights.
BAK har fremført de samme indvendinger som i de tre øvrige sager, idet sagsøgte dog har tilføjet, at Carmen Calvo Fernández' situation svarer til den, der forelå i Domstolens dom af 7. maj 1998, Gómez Rodríguez (sag C-113/96).
The contested decision is therefore vitiated by a defect in the statement of reasons concerning the Plan's incompatibility with the criteria laid down in the Environmental Guidelines.
Sozialgericht Nürnberg, der er af den opfattelse, at en fortolkning af fællesskabsretten er nødvendig for afgørelsen af den for retten verserende sag, har besluttet at udsætte sagen og forelægge Domstolen to præjudicielle spørgsmål.
The Commission has satisfactorily demonstrated that the aid granted to professional transport companies of an amount below the de minimis threshold falls within the scope of Article 92 of the Treaty.
I 1996 og 1997 har de pågældende indgivet ansøgninger om børnetilskud til BAK Alfredo Martínez Domínguez søgte om børnetilskud til et barn, der var under 18 år, idet han var afskåret fra at oppebære en sådan ydelse i Spanien, da han overskred den indtægtsgrænse, der er fastsat i Real Decreto Legislativo nr. 1/1994.
It follows from the foregoing that the plea alleging infringement of Article 92(1) of the Treaty may be upheld only in relation to aid falling below the de minimis threshold granted to natural persons or SMEs which carry on business outside the transport sector, and that the remainder of the plea must be rejected.