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Præjudiciel »Arbejdskraftens frie bevægelighed — artikel 39, stk 4, EF — ansættelse i den offentlige administration — kaptajner og øverstestyrmænd på skibe i handelsflåden — udøvelse af offentlig myndighed om bord — stillinger forbeholdt flagstatens statsborgere — stillinger åbne for andre medlemsstaters statsborgere under forudsætning af gensidighed* (Domstolens plenum)
SA, Orient Overseas Container Line (UK) Ltd, Polish Ocean Lines (POL), Ρ & O Nedlloyd Ltd, Sea-Land Service Inc., Neptune Orient Lines Ltd, Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Transportación Marítima Mexicana SA de CV, Tecomar SA de CV ν Commission of the European Communities Competition 30 September 2003
Ved kendelse af 4. oktober 2001 har Tribunal Supremo forelagt to præjudicielle spørgsmål vedrørende fortolkningen af artikel 39 EF og af artikel 1 og 4 i Rådets forordning (EØF) nr. 1612/68 af 15. oktober 1968.
(Competition — Liner conferences — Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 — Block exemption — Individual exemption — Collective dominant position —Abuse — Service contracts —Accession to the conference —Alteration of the competition structure — Withdrawal of block exemption — Fines — Rights of the defence) (Third Chamber)
Officersföreningen har ved Tribunal Supremo anlagt et søgsmål med påstand om annulation af visse bestemmelser i kongelig dekret nr. 2062/1999.
All but one of the applicants in this action are shipping companies which were party to the Transatlantic Agreement ('TAA').
Ifølge officersforeningen tilsidesætter dekretet, og navnlig dekretets artikel 8, stk. 3, de kollektive interesser, som officererne i den spanske handelsflåde har, og er i strid med artikel 77 i lov nr. 27/1992 og med den femtende tillægsbestemmelse til denne lov, idet det fastslår, at statsborgere fra andre medlemsstater kan have kommandoen over visse spanske skibe.
The TAA was an agreement relating to transatlantic liner services between northern Europe and the United States of America which was notified to the Commission on 28 August 1992 and came into force on 31 August 1992.
Tribunal Supremo har herefter besluttet at udsætte sagen og at forelægge Domstolen to præjudicielle spørgsmål.
The rates applicable to intermodal transport thus covered both the maritime and the inland part.
Med det første spørgsmål ønsker den forelæggende ret nærmere bestemt oplyst, om artikel 39, stk. 4, EF skal fortolkes således, at den giver en medlemsstat ret til at forbeholde stillinger som kaptajn og øverstestyrmand på handelsskibe, der sejler under dens flag, for sine egne statsborgere, og om der herved skal tages hensyn til den omstændighed, at kaptajnen eller øverstestyrmand med hensyn til bestemte navigationstyper kun i begrænset omfang og lejlighedsvis udøver de funktioner, der henhører under den offentlige administration i artikel 39, stk. 4, EFs forstand.
The TAA also contained provisions governing other aspects of container liner transport, in particular the chartering of 'slots' or space, equipment exchange, the fixing of rates for cargo-handling activities in port and the joint management of maritime transport capacity.
Bestemmelsen om den offentlige administration i henhold til artikel 39, stk. 4, EF, vedrører de stillinger, der indebærer en direkte eller indirekte deltagelse i udøvelsen af offentlig myndighed og i de funktioner, som skal sikre statens eller andre offentlige enheders almene interesser, og som således forudsætter, at de
On 19 October 1994 the Commission issued Decision 94/980/EC relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 85 of the Treaty (IV/34.446 - Trans-Atlantic Agreement).
ansatte i disse stillinger har et særligt solidaritetsforhold til staten, og at der foreligger de gensidige rettigheder og forpligtelser, som er grundlaget for tilhørsforholdet som statsborger.
Décision 94/980 ('the TAA decision') states that the agreements fixing prices, capacity non-utilisation in maritime transport and the price of inland container transport in or via the Community as part of intermodal transport operations infringe Article 85(1) of the Treaty (Article 1 of the TAA decision).
Undtagelsen i artikel 39, stk. 4, EF finder derimod hverken anvendelse på stillinger, som uanset deres placering under staten eller andre offentlige organer dog ikke indebærer deltagelse i opgaver, der henhører under den egentlige offentlige administration, eller, så meget desto mindre, på ansættelse hos en privatretlig fysisk eller juridisk person, uanset hvilke opgaver den ansatte udfører.
As regards the application of Article 85(3) of the Treaty, the TAA decision concludes that the block exemption laid down by Article 3 of Regulation No 4056/86 in respect of certain liner conference agreements does not apply to the provisions of the TAA agreement, on the ground that the TAA is not a liner conference applying 'uniform or common freight rates' within the meaning of Article l(3)(b) of Regulation No 4056/86 because it establishes at least two maritime rate levels.
I det foreliggende tilfælde bemærkes, at kaptajner og øverstestyrmænd på handelsskibe, der sejler under spansk flag, i henhold til spansk ret dels er tillagt beføjelser vedrørende opretholdelse af sikkerheden og udøvelse af politimyndighed, bl.a. i tilfælde af fare om bord på skibet, som i givet fald består i bemyndigelse til at foretage efterforskning, udøve tvang eller iværksætte straffeforanstaltninger, der går ud over det simple bidrag til opretholdelse af den offentlige sikkerhed, som enhver borger kan være forpligtet til at yde, dels er bemyndiget til at foretage notar- eller registreringsfunktioner vedrørende personers civilstand, som ikke udelukkende kan forklares ud fra hensyn til skibets førelse.
By order of 10 March 1995 the President of the Court of First Instance granted the application for suspension of the operation of Articles 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the TAA decision until delivery of the judgment of the Court of First Instance in the main action, in so far as those articles prohibited the TAA parties from jointly exercising rate-making authority in respect of the inland parts within the Community of through intermodal transport services (order of the President of the Court of First Instance of 10 March 1995 in Case T-395/94 R Atlantic Container Line and Others ν Commission [1995]).
Disse funktioner udgør en deltagelse i udøvelse af offentlig myndighed med henblik på beskyttelse af flagstatens almene interesser.
The Commission's appeal against that order was dismissed by order of the President of the Court of Justice of 19 July 1995 (Case C-149/95 P(R) Commission ν Atlantic Container Line and Others [1995]).
Den omstændighed, at kaptajnerne er ansat af privatretlige fysiske eller juridiske personer, indebærer ikke i sig selv, at artikel 39, stk. 4, EF ikke finder anvendelse, da det står fast, at de for at udføre de offentlige opgaver, som de er blevet tillagt, handler i egenskab af repræsentanter for statsmagten i flagstatens almene interessers tjeneste.
By judgment of 28 February 2002, the Court of First Instance dismissed the application to annul the TAA decision subject to Article 5 thereof (Case T-395/94 Atlantic Container Line and Others ν Commission [2002], 'the TAA judgment'). No appeal was lodged against that judgment.
Den omstændighed, at der i national lovgivning er knyttet udøvelse af offentlig myndighed til de pågældende stillinger, kan imidlertid ikke i sig selv begrunde, at undtagelsen fra arbejdskraftens frie bevægelighed i artikel 39, stk. 4, EF bringes i anvendelse.
Following discussions between the parties to the TAA and the Commission, that agreement was amended and replaced by the Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement ('TACA').
Beføjelserne skal herudover faktisk udøves regelmæssigt og må ikke udgøre en meget begrænset del af arbejdet for den, der er ansat i stillingen.
Like the TAA the TACA covers eastbound and westbound shipping routes between ports in northern Europe and points served by them on the one hand, and ports in the United States of America and points served by them on the other.
Som anført i denne doms præmis 41, skal rækkevidden af undtagelsen begrænses til, hvad der er absolut nødvendigt for at tilgodese den pågældende medlemsstats almene interesser.
It is not in dispute that the TACA contains provisions identical to those of the TAA on the fixing of prices for inland transport services provided within the Community.
Disse interesser kommer ikke i fare, hvis offentligretlige beføjelser kun sporadisk eller snarere undtagelsesvis udøves af andre medlemsstaters statsborgere.
The TACA also contains a number of rules concerning other aspects of transport, in particular as regards the conclusion of service contracts and the remuneration of freight forwarders.
Det fremgår af den forelæggende rets og den spanske regerings oplysninger, at stillingerne som kaptajn og øverstestyrmand i den spanske handelsflåde er stillinger, hvor den funktion, der består i at repræsentere flagstaten, i praksis udøves lejlighedsvis.
On 5 July 1994 the TACA was notified to the Commission pursuant to Article 12(1) of Regulation No 4056/86 with a view to obtaining exemption under Article 85(3) of the Treaty and Article 53(3) of the Agreement on the European Economic Area ('EEA').
Det følger heraf, at en generel udelukkelse fra adgangen til stillinger som kaptajn og øverstestyrmand i handelsflåden ikke kan retfærdiggøres af de i artikel 39, stk. 3, EF omhandlede hensyn.
By letter of 15 July 1994 the Commission informed the TACA parties that, pursuant to Article 4(8) of Regulation No 4260/88, it also intended to examine the application for individual exemption under Regulation No 1017/68, on the ground that some of the activities notified fell outside the scope of Regulation No 4056/86.
Det andet spørgsmål
The TACA came into force on 24 October 1994.
Med det andet spørgsmål ønsker den forelæggende ret nærmere bestemt oplyst, om artikel 39 EF skal fortolkes således, at den er til hinder for, at en medlemsstat stiller krav om gensidighed for at give statsborgere fra de øvrige medlemsstater adgang til stillinger som kaptajn og øverstestyrmand på de i artikel 8, stk. 3, i kongelig dekret nr. 2062/1999 omhandlede handelsskibe, der sejler under dens flag.
As a result of successive amendments, several new versions of that agreement were notified to the Commission after 5 July 1994.
Det fremgår af besvarelsen af det første spørgsmål, at stillinger som kaptajn og øverstestyrmand i handelsflåden, som omhandlet i artikel 8, stk. 3, i kongelig dekret nr. 2062/1999, ikke er omfattet af undtagelsen i artikel 39, stk. 4, EF.
On 10 January 1997 the TACA parties notified to the Commission a 'hub and spoke' system of cooperation with a view to obtaining exemption for the collective fixing of prices for all inland transport services.
Enhver, der er statsborger i en medlemsstat, har følgelig i medfør af artikel 39, stk. 2, EF ret til at få adgang til disse stillinger, således at enhver i nationaliteten begrundet forskelsbehandling er forbudt.
The TACA gave rise to two separate procedures: the procedure withdrawing immunity from fines and the procedure for infringement of Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty. These proceedings concern the latter procedure.
2) Artikel 39 EF skal fortolkes således, at den er til hinder for, at en medlemsstat stiller krav om gensidighed for at give statsborgere fra de øvrige medlemsstater adgang til stillinger som kaptajn og øverstestyrmand på de i artikel 8, stk 3, i Real Decreto 2062/1999, por el que se regula el nivel mínimo deformación enprofesiones maritimas af 30. december 1999, omhandlede handelsskibe, der sejler under dens flag*
On 26 November 19% the Commission adopted Decision C (96) 3414 (final) relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 85 of the Treaty (IV/35.134 - Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement, unpublished, 'the decision withdrawing immunity') by which it withdrew from the TACA parties immunity from fines in respect of the TACA provisions fixing inland rates, given that, according to the Commission's preliminary opinion, those provisions did not satisfy the requirements of Article 85(3) of the Treaty, Article 5 of Regulation No 1017/68 and Article 53(3) of the EEA Agreement.
Generaladvokat C. Stix-Hackl fremsatte forslag til afgørelse i retsmødet (Domstolens plenum1) den 12. juni 2003.
By judgment of 28 February 2002, the Court of First Instance held that the TACA parties' action challenging that decision was inadmissible (Case Τ'-18/97 Atlantic Container Line and Others ν Commission [2002]).
Dansk tekst foreligger endnu ikke.
No appeal was lodged against that judgment.
Sag C-47/02 Albert Anker, Klaas Ras, Albertus Snoek / Forbundsrepublikken Tyskland Fri bevægelighed for personer
On 24 May 1996 the Commission addressed a statement of objections on the merits to the TACA parties, adopted on the basis of Regulations Nos 17, 1017/68 and 4056/86.
Præjudiciel »Arbejdskraftens frie bevægelighed — artikel 39, stk 4, EF — ansættelse i den offentlige administration — kaptajner på fiskerfartøjer — udøvelse af offentlig myndighed om bord — stillinger forbeholdt flagstatens statsborgere* (Domstolens plenum)
The Commission concluded in the contested decision that certain provisions of the TACA were contrary to Article 85(1) of the Treaty, Article 53(1) of the EEA Agreement and Article 2 of Regulation No 1017/68 and that the conditions for the grant of individual exemption laid down by Article 85(3) of the Treaty, Article 53(3) of the EEA Agreement and Article 5 of Regulation No 1017/68 were not fulfilled.
Hovedsagen og det præjudicielle spørgsmål
The operative part of the contested decision provides as follows:
Sagsøgerne i hovedsagen arbejder som sømænd om bord på fiskerfartøjer inden for »Kleine Hochseefischerei« (mindre havfiskeri), der sejler under tysk flag. De er indehavere af et »diploma voor
In respect of the infringement of the provisions of Article 86 of the EC Treaty and Article 54 of the EEA Agreement referred to in Articles 5 and 6, the following fines are imposed:
Tilsvarende anmodninger indgivet den 16. marts 1999 af Albert Anker og Albertus Snoek med henblik på at få tilladelse til at udøve hvervet som skibsfører, øverste styrmand eller maskinchef på fiskerfartøjer under tysk flag blev ligeledes afslået af Wasser- und Schifffahrtdirektion Nord ved afgørelser af 30. juli 1999 for så vidt angår hvervet som skibsfører.
By application lodged at the Registry of the Court of First Instance on 7 December 1998,12 of the 17 shipping companies to whom the contested decision was addressed, namely ACL, Cho Yang, DSR-Senator, Hanjin, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai, Mærsk, MSC, OOCL, POL, P & O Nedlloyd (P & O Nedlloyd is the result of the merger in January 1997 of Nedlloyd and P & O, to both of which the contested decision had been addressed when it was adopted) and Sea-Land, lodged an application at the Registry of the Court of First Instance for annulment of that decision pursuant to Article 173 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Article 230 EC).
Ankers og Snoeks indsigelser blev afvist ved afgørelse af 6. september 1999.
That application was registered as Case T-191/98 Atlantic Container Line and Others ν Commission.
Wasser- und Schifffahrtdirektion Nord henviste særligt til § 106, stk. 2 og 3, i Seemannsgesetz (sømandsloven) af 26. juli 1957 (herefter »SeemG«), og til § 24, andet punktum, i Schiffsoffizier-Ausbildungsverordnung (bekendtgørelse om skibsofficersuddannelse) af 11. februar 1985 (herefter »SchOffzAusbV«).
By separate application lodged on 29 December 1998, NOL brought an action for annulment of the contested decision. That application was registered as Case T-212/98 Neptune Orient Lines ν Commission.
Det var rettens vurdering, at hvervet som skibsfører indebærer udøvelse af offentlig myndighed i artikel 39, stk. 4, EFs forstand.
Finally, on 30 December 1998, TMM and Tecomar also lodged an application for annulment of the contested decision, which was registered as Case T-214/98 Transportación Marítima Mexicana and Tecomar ν Commission.
Det er på denne baggrund, at Schleswig-Holsteinisches Oberverwaltungsgericht har besluttet at udsætte sagen og forelægge Domstolen et præjudicielt spørgsmål.
The applicants allege that the statement of objections which the Commission sent them on 24 May 1996 is invalid because it was not adopted at the conclusion of the Commission's investigation.
Med spørgsmålet ønsker den forelæggende ret nærmere bestemt oplyst, om artikel 39, stk. 4, EF skal fortolkes således, at den giver en medlemsstat ret til at forbeholde stillinger som kaptajn på mindre havgående skibe, der sejler under medlemsstatens flag, for sine egne statsborgere.
By the pleas alleging the presence of new allegations of fact or law in the contested decision the applicants submit that they were given no opportunity to comment, first, on the case in respect of the second abuse alleging alteration of the competitive structure of the market and, second, on certain matters of fact and law on which the other allegations in the contested decision were based.
(Hvad angår Domstolens argumentation, se sag C-405/01)
In the present case, none of the documents in question is cited or mentioned in the statement of objections dated 24 May 1996, nor were they appended thereto.
»Artikel 39, stk 4, EF skal fortolkes således, at den kun giver en medlemsstat ret til at forbeholde stillinger som kaptajn på mindre havgående skibe, der sejler under medlemsstatens flag for sine egne statsborgere, såfremt de myndighedsbeføjelser, som er tildelt sådanne kaptajner, faktisk udøves regelmæssigt og ikke udgør en meget begrænset del af deres arbejde.*
It must be held that it is not apparent from the wording of the requests for information which led to the disclosure of Hanjin's letter of 19 August 1994, the TACA letter of 30 January 19% and the TACA briefing note of 15 February 19% that the Commission intended to use those documents in support of the complaint that the TACA parties had infringed Article 86 of the Treaty, in the case of the first and the third of those documents, by inducing Hanjin to join the TACA, and in the case of the second of those documents, by inducing potential competitors to join the TACA A fortiori it is not apparent from the wording of the requests for information in question that the Commission intended to use those documents to support the finding, first, that the disclosure of confidential information and the willingness to build up a market share compatible with slot capacity on the trade were measures which induced Hanjin to join the TACA and, second, that the TACA had always intended to help potential competitors to enter the market as TACA members.
Generaladvokat C. Stix-Hackl fremsatte forslag til afgørelse i retsmødet (Domstolens plenum1) den 12. juni 2003.
Clearly the applicants cannot be criticised for not having been able to draw from the content of the documents which they disclosed to the Commission conclusions which prove to be erroneous.
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Therefore those documents must be excluded as inculpatory evidence.
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Finally, the third plea alleges that the file is incomplete.
Forenede sager T-191/98, T-212/98, T-213/98 og T-214/98 Atlantic Container Line AB, Cho Yang Shipping Co. Ltd, DSR-Senator Lines GmbH, Hanjin Shipping Co. Ltd, Hapag Lloyd AG, Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. Ltd, A.P. Møller-Mærsk Line, Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA, Orient Overseas Container Line (UK) Ltd, Polish Ocean Lines (POL), Ρ & O Nedlloyd Ltd, Sea-Land Service Inc., Neptune Orient Lines Ltd, Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Transportación Marítima Mexicana SA de CV, Tecomar SA de CV / Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber Konkurrence 30. september 2003
Lastly, the applicants submit that the contested decision should be annulled for the sole reason that they have raised serious doubt as to the completeness of the file, in so far as the materials absent from the file might explain the Commission's approach in the contested decision.
•EUGFL — ophævelse af finansiel støtte — artikel 24 i forordning (EØF) nr. 4253/88 -fejlskøn — proportionalitetsprincippet — rimelig frist — begrundelse* (Tredje Afdeling)
II — The pleas alleging that there is no infringement of Article 85 of the Treaty and of Article 2 of Regulation No 1017/68 and various failures to state reasons in that regard
Dansk tekst foreligger endnu ikke.
The applicants' pleas under the second part are essentially of two types.
»Artikel 82 EF — rabatordninger — misbrug* (Tredje Afdeling)
Therefore, the present plea must be rejected as being devoid of purpose.
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd (herefter »sagsøgeren«) er eneimportør af PlayStation*2-konsollen i Fællesskabet dels direkte, dels med mellemkomst af dets søsterselskab, Sony Logistics Europe NV.
In the present case, during the administrative procedure, and in particular in the response to the statement of objections, the applicant did not put forward any evidence to challenge the Commission's findings in the statement of objections in respect of the services provided by the freight forwarders and their legal status in relation to the carriers and shippers.
Den 28. august 2000 ansøgte sagsøgeren Customs and Excise (Det Forenede Kongeriges toldmyndigheder) om bindende tariferingsoplysninger (herefter »BTO«) fra toldmyndighederne for PlayStation»2-konsollen, model SCPH-30003 og SCPH-30004.
For all of those reasons, the applicants' pleas in relation to the Commission's findings concerning the agreement relating to the remuneration of freight forwarders must be rejected in their entirety.
Selskabet foreslog herved, at varen tariferes i KN-kode 8471 50 90, med den begrundelse, at PlayStation*2-konsollen opfyldte samtlige kriterier, der er fastsat i bestemmelse 5 A) til den kombinerede nomenklaturs kapitel 84, og tarifering i underposition 9504 10 var udelukket i henhold til de forklarende bemærkninger til det harmoniserede system (herefter »FB/HS«) b) vedrørende pos. 9504 i det harmoniserede system.
Ill — Pleas alleging absence of infringement of Article 86 of the Treaty and various failures to state reasons in that regard
Den 19. oktober 2000 meddelte Det Forenede Kongeriges toldmyndigheder sagsøgeren BTO nr. GB 105614503, hvorefter PlayStation*2-konsollen tariferedes i KN-kode 9504 10 00.
The applicants deny that the position held by the TACA members can be assessed collectively.
De baserede deres afgørelse på den konstatering, at PlayStation*2-konsollen ikke frit kunne programmeres og derfor ikke opfyldte samtlige de betingelser, der er fastsat i bestemmelse 5 til den kombinerede nomenklaturs kapitel 84.
In support of this part of their pleas, they claim that the Commission made errors of assessment as regards the economic links between the TACA parties and the internal competition between those parties.
Den 22. november 2000 indgav sagsøgeren en formel begæring om genbehandling af denne afgørelse til de kompetente myndigheder.
All those considerations show clearly that the tariff, the enforcement provisions and penalties, the secretariat and the annual business plans of the TACA demonstrate to the requisite legal standard the existence of substantial links between the TACA parties of such a kind as to justify a collective assessment of their position on the relevant market.
Ved skrivelse af 5. januar 2001 oplyste den funktionær, der behandlede genbehandlingssagen, sagsøgeren om, at han havde besluttet at opretholde tariferingen af varen i KN-kode 9504 10 00.
Consequently, without there being any need to rule on the relevance of other links between the applicants resulting from the conclusion of other agreements, such as consortia agreements, it must be concluded that the Commission was entitled to rely on those factors, which result from the applicants' activities as parties to the TACA and, accordingly, from their membership of a liner conference within the meaning of Article l(3)(b) of Regulation No 4056/86, in order to make a collective assessment of the TACA parties' position on the relevant market.