natgillin/translations-raw huggingface dataset:
Efter afslutningen af disse kontrolundersøgelser fremsendte Kommissionen den 13. august 1997 en begæring om oplysninger til sagsøgeren, hvori den rejste spørgsmål angående formodede overtrædelser af konkurrencereglerne, som sagsøgeren skulle have deltaget i.
First, it should be borne in mind that, according to settled case-law, in the absence of relevant Community rules, it is for the national legal order of each Member State to designate the competent courts and to lay down the procedural rules for proceedings designed to ensure protection of the rights which individuals acquire through the direct effect of Community law, provided that such rules are not less favourable than those governing similar domestic actions (principle of equivalence) and are not framed in such a way as to render impossible in practice the exercise of rights conferred by Community law (principle of effectiveness) (see, most recently, Case C-78/98 Preston and Others).
Begæringen om oplysninger omfattede bl.a. følgende fire spørgsmål:
The ONP indicated that it was willing to grant a pension increase only from 1 December 1997.
»1.6 Møder mellem europæiske og japanske producenter
There is therefore no dispute as to the amount of the two pensions at issue in the main proceedings in respect of the periods prior to 1 June 1992 and subsequent to 30 November 1997.
Vedrørende de møder, for hvilke De ikke måtte finde relevante dokumenter, anmoder vi Dem om at oplyse mødernes formål, hvilke beslutninger der blev truffet, samt hvilken art dokumentation De har modtaget før og efter møderne.
By its first question, the national court is asking in essence whether the transitional provisions contained in Article 95a of Regulation No 1408/71, as amended, apply solely to recipients of pensions in respect of whom the decision granting the pension was final as at 1 June 1992, or whether they also apply to persons who, before that date, had brought proceedings before a national court seeking determination of their pension rights by contesting the application of the national rules against overlapping, where a final decision in those proceedings had not yet been given.
Ifølge de for Kommissionen foreliggende oplysninger har Deres virksomhed deltaget i møder mellem europæiske og japanske producenter af usvejsede rør.
It should be noted that Article 95a of Regulation No 1408/71, as amended, has previously been considered by the Court in Case C-307/96 Baldone ν INAMI.
Vi anmoder Dem om at oplyse følgende vedrørende perioden efter 1984 og indtil dags dato:
The two questions referred by the national court raise three issues, concerning:
Deres virksomhed deltog i perioden 1. januar 1962 -juli 1996 i fire møder vedrørende OCTG (oil country tubular goods — røremner til udvinding af ohe) og pipe-lines (kvoteaftaler om OCTG, prisaftaler vedrørende OCTG, prisaftaler vedrørende pipelines, yderligere aftaler).
— the date on which rights of review are acquired pursuant to the transitional provisions laid down in Article 95a of Regulation No 1408/71, as amended (first question);
Dato og sted for hvert enkelt af møderne mellem europæiske og japanske producenter af usvejsede rør på formands-, direktør, ekspert- og arbejdsgruppeniveau, samt hvilke virksomheder der deltog.
— the procedural rules applying to applications for review (first part of the second question);
I hvilket omfang har eksistensen og gennemførelsen af disse aftaler haft betydning for de beslutninger, som blev truffet inden for rammerne af 'Europa-Japan Klub' og/eller 'Special Circle'?
The application of Article 95a of Regulation No 1408/71, as amended, is not limited to situations in which a final decision granting a pension was adopted prior to 1 June 1992 but also extends to cases in which proceedings have been brought before a national court before that date, even where those proceedings had not yet been finally determined as at 1 June 1992.
I hvilket omfang har de inden for rammerne af 'Europa-Japan Klub' og/eller 'Special Circle' trufne beslutninger haft betydning for gennemførelsen af de tidligere nævnte aftaler?
Otherwise, claimants would be denied the right to challenge the application of the national rules against overlapping, which would be contrary to the objective of Regulation No 1248/92.
Vi anmoder Dem om at oplyse følgende vedrørende perioden efter 1984 og indtil dags dato: de fire omtvistede spørgsmål, der er vedlagt beslutningen.
The second question not render the claimant's exercise of the rights conferred on him by Community law impossible in practice or excessively difficult.
Dato og sted for hvert enkelt af møderne mellem europæiske og japanske producenter af svejsede rør med stor diameter på formands-, direktør, ekspertog arbejdsgruppeniveau, samt hvilke virksomheder der deltog.
By the second part of its second question, which should be examined first, the national court seeks to ascertain whether Article 95a of Regulation No 1408/71, as amended, precludes application of a national rule the effect of which is to allow an application for review to be made after the expiry of the two-year period prescribed by that article.
Vedrørende de møder, for hvilke De ikke måtte finde relevante dokumenter, anmoder vi Dem om at oplyse mødernes formål, hvilke beslutninger der blev truffet, samt hvilken art dokumentation De har modtaget før og efter møderne.«
In that respect, in circumstances such as those in the present cases, the referring court must take into consideration that, according to the information provided to the Court of Justice, the administrative institution is not required to inform the claimant of his rights of review and that, in most cases, that person is not assisted by a lawyer or legal adviser.
Ved telefax registreret på Rettens Justitskontor den 18. december 2000 har sagsøgeren anmodet Retten om at inddrage Den Europæiske Unions charter om grundlæggende rettigheder (EFT C 364, s. 1), proklameret i Nice den 7. december 2000 (herefter »charteret«), ved sin bedømmelse af nærværende sag, under henvisning til at det udgør en ny retlig omstændighed i relation til anvendelsen af artikel 6, stk. 1, i EMK på nærværende sag. Subsidiært har sagsøgeren fremsat begæring om, at den mundtlige forhandling genåbnes.
The Community law does not preclude application of a two-year time-limit, provided that the national rules for its implementation are compatible with the principle of equivalence and do not render the exercise of rights of review impossible in practice or excessively difficult.
Ved skrivelse af 14. oktober 1997 besvarede sagsøgerens advokater nogle af spørgsmålene i begæringen om oplysninger, men afslog at besvare de fire ovenfor anførte spørgsmål.
If the legislature lays down a time-limit greater than two years for bringing similar domestic actions, the national court is required to afford equally favourable treatment to applications based on Community law.
Sagsøgeren bekræftede ved skrivelse af 23. oktober 1997 indholdet af advokaternes besvarelse.
That equality also extends to any retroactive effect which may be recognised under national law.
Kommissionen har ved skrivelse af 15. januar 2001 som svar på Rettens opfordring til at fremsætte sine bemærkninger til sagsøgerens begæring bestridt sagsøgerens argumentation under henvisning til, at Den Europæiske Unions charter om grundlæggende rettigheder er uden relevans for bedømmelsen af den foreliggende sag.
Since the national court has sole competence to interpret and apply Articles 807 and 808 of the Belgian Judicial Code, it is for that court to determine whether individuals in a domestic situation similar to that of Mrs Camarotto and Mrs Vignone may have recourse to the procedure laid down in those articles.
Ved svarskrivelse af 10. november 1997 afviste Kommissionen sagsøgerens argumentation om, at virksomheden ikke havde pligt til at besvare de fire ovenfor anførte spørgsmål. Kommissionen meddelte følgelig virksomheden en frist på ti dage fra skrivelsens modtagelse til at besvare de nævnte spørgsmål under henvisning til artikel 11, stk 4, i forordning nr. 17.
If so, the national court must ensure that the principle of equivalence is observed by permitting recourse to that procedure under the same conditions for applications based on Community law as for similar applications based on domestic law.
Kommissionen anførte endvidere, at såfremt sagsøgeren ikke besvarede spørgsmålene inden for den anførte frist, kunne den pålægges tvangsbøder.
Nor must the national procedure be such as to render the exercise of the rights conferred by Community law impossible in practice or excessively difficult.
Ved skrivelse af 27. november 1997 fra virksomhedens advokater afviste sagsøgeren påny at meddele de oplysninger, der var begæret.
It is also for the national court to determine whether the ONP can be allowed to rely on the delay by Mrs Camarotto and Mrs Vignone in lodging their claims as justification for its refusal to review their pensions as from 1 June 1992, having regard to the fact that it did not point out to them before the expiry of the two-year period that they needed, in its view, to submit an application for review.
Til støtte for påstanden om annullation af beslutningens artikel 1 har sagsøgeren gjort fire anbringender gældende.
It is for the referring court to determine, first, whether national law requires the claimant to take any steps outside the court proceedings which have already commenced and which may have been stayed, with a view to submitting an administrative application to the competent social security institution.
Der skal først foretages en samlet gennemgang af de tre første anbringender, der alle bygger på, at sagsøgerens ret til kontradiktion er tilsidesat.
If so, that court must then satisfy itself that such a requirement does
Under den indledende undersøgelse har den virksomhed, som er genstand for en undersøgelse, efter forordning nr. 17 ikke nogen ret til at unddrage sig gennemførelsen heraf med den begrundelse, at undersøgelsesresultaterne vil kunne tilvejebringe bevis for, at virksomheden har tilsidesat konkurrencereglerne. Virksomheden har tværtimod pligt til at medvirke aktivt, hvilket indebærer, at den skal forsyne Kommissionen med alt materiale vedrørende undersøgelsens genstand.
Article 95a of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of the Coundl of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their f amities moving within the Community, as amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1248/92 of 30 April 1992, laying down transitional provisions for application of Regulation No 1248/92, applies to recipients of pensions who, before the date of entry into force of the amendments introduced by the latter regulation, had already brought proceedings before a national court seeking to obtain the right to the pension by contesting the application of the national rules against overlapping even if a final decision in those proceedings had not yet been given at the time of the entry into force of the new provisions.
Sagsøgeren har gjort gældende, at en virksomhed ganske vist har pligt til at meddele Kommissionen alle nødvendige oplysninger, som den kan have kendskab til, og til, om nødvendigt, at udlevere dokumentation herfor, som den er i besiddelse af, selv om de pågældende oplysninger eller dokumenter vil kunne anvendes som bevis for, at virksomheden selv, eller en anden virksomhed, har handlet i strid med konkurrencereglerne.
It is for the national court to determine, first, whether its national law requires an application for review to be made either to the competent social security institution within the period prescribed and in accordance with the relevant formal requirements, or to the court itself according to the applicable rules of procedure.
Domstolen har imidlertid gjort denne pligt og Kommissionens tilsvarende ret betinget af, at virksomhedens ret til kontradiktion ikke tilsidesættes af en beslutning om begæring af oplysninger.
Second, it is for that court to ensure that those requirements are not less favourable than those governing similar situations under domestic law and that they are not such as to render impossible in practice or excessively difficult the exercise of the rights conferred on claimants by Regulation No 1408/71, as amended by Regulation No 1248/92.'
Sagsøgeren har anført, at Kommissionen under sagsbehandlingen skal overholde EMK's artikel 6 (Rettens dom af 22.10.1997, SCK og FNK mod Kommissionen, forenede sager T-213/95 og T18/96.
Advocate General S. Alber delivered his Opinion at the sitting of the Fifth Chamber on 29 June 2000.
— Det tredje anbringende: tilsidesættelse af EMK's artikel 6, stk. 2, og artikel 10
He proposed that the Court answer the questions as follows:
Anerkendelsen af en absolut ret til at nægte at udtale sig, som sagsøgeren har påberåbt sig, ville således være mere vidtgående end nødvendigt for at sikre virksomhedernes ret til kontradiktion og ville udgøre en ubegrundet hindring for Kommissionens opfyldelse af pligten til at påse, at konkurrencereglerne overholdes inden for fællesmarkedet, således som den følger af EF-traktatens artikel 89 (efter ændring nu artikel 85 EF).
*(1) Article 95a of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1248/92, applies in principle to all rights acquired before 1 June 1992.
Sagsøgeren har gjort gældende, at retten til ikke at vidne imod sig selv følger af formodningen om uskyld i EMK's artikel 6, stk. 2, samt af ytringsfriheden i henhold til EMK's artikel 10 (Menneskerettighedskommissionens udtalelse, som bilag til Menneskerettighedsdomstolens dom af 2.6.1993, K. mod Østrig, serie A, nr. 255-B).
Article 95a is therefore applicable not only to recipients of pensions where the decision granting the pension was final at the time of the entry into force of the amendment, but also to those who before the entry into force of the amendments introduced by the new regulation had already brought proceedings before a national court with the specific aim of obtaining the pension right by contesting the application of the national rules against overlapping, a final decision in those proceedings not yet having been given at the time of the entry into force of the new provisions.
Det følger heraf, at en virksomhed, der er adressat for en begæring om oplysninger i henhold til artikel 11, stk. 5, i forordning nr. 17, alene har ret til at nægte at udtale sig, såfremt den derved tvinges til at afgive tilståelse om at have begået retsstridige handlinger, som det påhviler Kommissionen at føre bevis for (Orkemdommen, præmis 35).
(2) It is for the legal order of the Member State concerned to lay down rules prescribing the conditions and procedure governing an application for review under Article 95a(4).
Indledningsvis understreges, at Retten ikke er kompetent til at vurdere lovligheden af en konkurrenceretlig undersøgelse i forhold til bestemmelserne i den europæiske menneskerettighedskonvention, da disse ikke umiddelbart er en del af fællesskabsretten.
It is therefore perfectly possible for the application to be made not only to the competent social security institution, but also to the court before which the dispute has been brought.
Det sidste led i spørgsmål 1.6., 1.7. og 2.3. angår ikke kun faktiske oplysninger.
In the case of pending proceedings, account is to be taken of this particular situation in interpreting Article 95a(5) and (6).
Kommissionen opfordrer heri med tilsvarende formuleringer sagsøgeren til navnlig at beskrive »formålet« med møder, som virksomheden havde deltaget i,
The two-year period is not in that respect to be regarded as absolute, with the result that an application submitted after the expiry of that period can certainly also have retroactive effect.'
samt hvilke »beslutninger, der blev truffet«, under disse, uanset at det klart fremgår, at institutionen nærer mistanke om, at formålet med disse møder var at indgå aftaler om salgspriser, som kunne hindre eller begrænse konkurrencen. Det følger heraf, at sådanne begæringer vil kunne tvinge sagsøgeren til at vedgå sin deltagelse i en ulovlig aftale, der strider imod de fællesskabsretlige konkurrenceregler.
(Action for annulment — Competition — Decision to request information — Periodic penalty payments — Right to refuse to provide answers that imply admission of an infringement — Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) (First Chamber, Extended Composition)
Det følger heraf, at sidste led af spørgsmål 1.6, 1.7 og 2.3 udgør en overtrædelse af sagsøgerens ret til kontradiktion.
Relevant legislation tube producers at president, manager, expert and working group level; the names of the persons who represented your firm at the meetings
Der er således intet til hinder for, at adressaten senere under den administrative procedure eller under en sag for Fællesskabets retsinstanser ved at udøve sin ret til kontradiktion godtgør, at de faktiske omstændigheder, der omhandles i den pågældendes besvarelser eller i de fremlagte dokumenter, har en anden betydning end den, som Kommissionen har lagt til grund.
The Commission initiated an investigation procedure with respect to the applicant and other producers of steel tubes in the course of which, on a number of occasions, it carried out inspections at the premises of the applicant, amongst others.
Hvad angår spørgsmål 1.8 bemærkes, at Kommissionen hermed anmoder sagsøgeren om at udtale sig dels om forholdet mellem på den ene side fire aftaler vedrørende OTCG-rør og pipelines, som blev indgået i 1962, og som var blevet meddelt Bundeskartellamt, og på den anden side »Europa-Japan Klubben« og »Special Circle«, dels om beslutninger, der blev truffet inden for rammerne af »Europa-Japan Klubben« og/eller »Special Circle«, dvs. om beslutninger, som Kommissionen antog kunne udgøre overtrædelser af traktatens regler.
On 13 August 1997, following those inspections, the Commission sent the applicant a request for information in which it asked questions regarding presumed infringements of the competition rules in which the applicant was thought to have taken part.
En besvarelse af dette spørgsmål indebærer nødvendigvis, at sagsøgeren foretager en vurdering af beslutningernes karakter.
in the case of meetings for which you are unable to find the relevant documents, please describe the purpose of the meeting, the decisions adopted and the type of documents received before and after the meeting.
Det må konkluderes, at spørgsmål 1.8 i henhold til Orkem-dommen også udgør en tilsidesættelse af sagsøgerens ret til kontradiktion.
That request for information contained, inter alia, the following four questions:
— Det fjerde anbringende: tilsidesættelse af processuelle garantier ifølge national ret
Please provide, for the period from 1984 to the present day:
Det følger heraf, at charteret ikke kan være af betydning for bedømmelsen af den anfægtede retsakt, der var blevet vedtaget tidligere.
According to the Commission's information, your firm participated in meetings between European and Japanese producers of seamless tubes.
Der er derfor ikke grundlag for at genåbne den mundtlige forhandling, som begæret af sagsøgeren.
The meetings took place within the framework of what the trade calls the "Europe­Japan Club".
De tyske myndigheder kan ikke gøre oplysninger gældende, som Kommissionen er kommet i besiddelse af efter en begæring om oplysninger i henhold til artikel 11 i forordning nr. 17, til at begrunde en afgørelse, der går sagsøgeren imod, med hjemmel i konkurrenceretlige regler.
the dates, places and names of the firms participating in each of the meetings between European and Japanese seamless tube producers at president, manager, expert and working group level; the names of the persons
Det bemærkes imidlertid, at fællesskabsretten anerkender de almindelige principper om retten til kontradiktion og om retten til en retfærdig rettergang.
Please provide, for the period from 1984 to the present day: copies of all the invitations
Såfremt de tyske myndigheder finder, at oplysninger, som Kommissionen er kommet i besiddelse af på denne måde, er relevante for at indlede en procedure på grundlag af de samme faktiske omstændigheder, skal de selv fremsende
— the dates, places and names of the firms participating in each of the meetings between European and Japanese seamless in the case of meetings for which you are unable to find the relevant documents, please describe the purpose of the
begæringer om oplysninger angående disse faktiske omstændigheder.
meeting, the decisions adopted and the type of documents received before and after the meeting.
I betragtning af det således anførte vil den anfægtede beslutning være at annullere for så vidt angår sidste led af spørgsmål 1.6, 1.7 og 2.3 samt for så vidt angår spørgsmål 1.8 i begæringen til sagsøgeren af 13. august 1997 om oplysninger, og i øvrigt bør Kommissionen frifindes.
In its reply of 10 November 1997, the Commission rejected the applicant's argument that it was not obliged to answer the said four questions and, on the basis of Article 11(4) of Regulation No 17, set a time-limit of 10 days from the date of receipt of its letter for answers to be given to the four questions.
Det hedder i domskonklusionen:
2.3 Meetings between European and Japanese producers
•1) Kommissionens beslutning K(98)1204 af 15. maj 1998 om en procedure vedrørende anvendebe af artikel 11, stk 5, i Rådets forordning nr. 17 annulleres for så vidt angår sidste led af spørgsmål 1.6,1.7 og 13 samt for så vidt angår spørgsmål 1.8 i begæringen tü sagsøgeren af 13. august 1997 om oplysninger.
On 15 May 1998 the Commission adopted a decision pursuant to Article 11(5) of Regulation No 17 (hereinafter 'the contested decision'), Article 1 of which provided that the applicant must, within 30 days of notification of the contested decision, reply to the four questions at issue, which were set out in an annex to the decision.
Kommissionen bærer sine egne omkostninger og betaler to tredjedele af sagsøgerens sagsomkostninger, således at denne selv bærer en tredjedel af sine egne sagsomkostninger.« «
the dates, places and names of the firms participating in each of the meetings between European and Japanese largediameter welded tube producers at president, manager, expert and working group level;
»Tjenestemænd — overgang til en højere lønklasse — sekretariatstillæg — tjenestemandsvedtægtens artikel 46 — overflytningfra en institution til en anden — afvbning« (Femte Afdeling)
— in the case of meetings for which you are unable to find the relevant documents, please describe the purpose of the meeting, the decisions adopted and the type of documents received before and after the meeting.'
Forenede sager T-7/98, T-208/98 og T-109/99 Carlo De Nicola / Den Europæiske Investeringsbank Carla De Nicola / Den Europæiske Investeringsbank
On being invited to submit its observations on that request, the Commission rejected the applicant's arguments by letter of 15 January 2001, contending that the Charter is of no consequence for the purpose of the determination of the present case.
Tjenestemandsvedtægten
Forms of order sought by the parties
»Den Europæbke Investeringsbank — personale - annullationssøgsmål - formaliteten -søgsmåbfrbt - realiteten - bedømmebesrapport - forfremmebe — sammenlignende undersøgebe af fortjenester - ligebehandlingsprincippet - magtfordrejning - chikane -opsigebe - betingeber for gyldighed — form - egenskab — adminbtrattonens afslag på at acceptere tilbagekaldeben afopsigeben - anmodning om at dokumenterudtages afaktmappe — erstatningssøgsmål« (Tredje Afdeling)
It must be emphasised at the outset that the Court of First Instance has no jurisdiction to apply the Convention when reviewing an investigation under competition law, inasmuch as the Convention as such is not a part of Community law.
Dansk tekst foreligger endnu ikke.
In support of its claim for annulment of Article 1 of the contested decision, the applicant puts forward four pleas in law.
Sag C-445/00 R Republikken Østrig / Rådet for Den Europæiske Union Nye staters tiltrædelse
The applicant's first plea is based on the judgment of the Court of Justice in Case 374/87 Orkem ν Commission.