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Det skal herved tages i betragtning, at det væsentlige ved retsanmodninger ifølge forordning nr. 1206/2001 er, at en ret i en medlemsstat kan rette en anmodning om bevisoptagelse direkte til en ret i en anden medlemsstat.
Second, it is not difficult to imagine ways of limiting the costs borne by voluntary pension schemes that are less extreme than total exclusion of survivors. For example, a reduced benefit could be payable for younger survivors, perhaps determined on a sliding scale; or payments could start only when the survivors reached a certain age.
Såfremt den nærer tvivl om bestemmelsernes rækkevidde, er den i kraft
OPINION OF MS SHARPSTON — CASE C-427/06
På grundlag af de anførte betragtninger foreslår jeg Domstolen at besvare det første præjudicielle spørgsmål, som Tribunale Civile di Genova har forelagt, således:
I therefore propose that, in answer to the questions referred, the Court should rule as follows:
»Foranstaltninger med henblik på sikring og tilvejebringelse af bevis, som f.eks. en beskrivelse i henhold til artikel 128 og 130 i den italienske Codice della Proprietà Industriale, udgør en bevisoptagelse, som er omfattet af anvendelsesområdet for artikel 1 i Rådets forordning (EF) nr. 1206/2001 af 28. maj 2001 om samarbejde mellem medlemsstaternes retter om bevisoptagelse på det civil- og handelsretlige område, og som en ret i en medlemsstat efter anmodning fra en ret i anden medlemsstat skal udføre, medmindre der er grundlag for at afvise anmodningen.«
Member States are not under an obligation to guarantee protection under the general principle of equality (including equal treatment irrespective of age) contained in Community law if the alleged discriminatory treatment does not fall within the scope of Community law.
KENDELSE AFSAGT AF FORMANDEN
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Grand Chamber)
I sag C-175/06, angående en anmodning om præjudiciel afgørelse i henhold til artikel 234 EF, indgivet af Tribunale civile di Genova (Italien) ved afgørelse af 14. marts 2006, indgået til Domstolen den 24. marts 2006, i sagen:
REFERENCE for a preliminary ruling under Article 234 EC from the Bundesarbeitsgericht (Germany), made by decision of 27 June 2006, received at the Court on 18 October 2006, in the proceedings
KENDELSE AF 27.9.2007 — SAG C-175/06 afsagt følgende
BARTSCH gives the following
Ved afgørelse af 26. marts 2007, indgået til Domstolens Justitskontor den 21. september 2007, har Tribunale civile di Genova fastslået, at den for retten verserende sager indstillet, således at de forelagte præjudicielle spørgsmål er blevet uden genstand.
This reference for a preliminary ruling concerns the interpretation of Article 13 EC, of Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (OJ 2000 L 303, p. 16), and of general principles of Community law.
Under disse omstændigheder bør det bestemmes, at sagen slettes af Domstolens register.
The reference was made in the context of a dispute between Mrs Bartsch and Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte (BSH) Altersfürsorge GmbH (‘BSH Altersfürsorge’), which is a company provident fund, with regard to this latter’s refusal to pay Mrs Bartsch a survivor’s pension.
Udgifterne i forbindelse med afgivelse af indlæg for Domstolen, bortset fra de af de nævnte parter afholdte, kan ikke erstattes.
(b) the fixing of minimum conditions of age, professional experience or seniority in service for access to employment or to certain advantages linked to employment;
På grundlag af disse præmisser udtaler og bestemmer formanden for Domstolens Fjerde Afdeling:
(c) the fixing of a maximum age for recruitment which is based on the training requirements of the post in question or the need for a reasonable period of employment before retirement.
Således bestemt i Luxembourg den 27. september 2007 .
In that event they shall inform the Commission forthwith. …’
Afdelingsformand
Payments will not be made if
Forenede sager C-208/06 og C-209/06
The dispute in the main proceedings and the questions referred for a preliminary ruling
Medion AG mod Hauptzollamt Duisburg og
The latter was born in 1944 and died on 5 May 2004.
(anmodninger om præjudiciel afgørelse indgivet af Finanzgericht Düsseldorf)
The situation in the main proceedings falls within the terms of Paragraph 6(4)(a) of the guidelines in so far as Mrs Bartsch is more than 15 years younger than her deceased husband.
»Fælles toldtarif — tarifering — kombineret nomenklatur — videokameraer«
After the death of her husband, Mrs Bartsch requested BSH Altersfürsorge to pay her a survivor’s pension on the basis of the guidelines.
Sammendrag af dom
JUDGMENT OF 23. 9.
Det tilkommer den nationale domstol at bedømme, hvorvidt disse betingelser er opfyldt.
43), by means of which those rules were thus brought within the scope of Community law (see Mangold, paragraph 75).
Er disse betingelser ikke opfyldt, skal videokameraet tariferes i underposition 8525 40 91 i den kombinerede nomenklatur.
By contrast, the guidelines at issue in the main proceedings do not correspond to measures transposing Community provisions.
Et videokamera kan kun tariferes i underposition 8525 40 99 i den kombinerede nomenklatur i bilag I til forordning nr. 2658/87 af 23. juli 1987 om told- og statistiknomenklaturen og den fælles toldtarif, hvis funktionen til optagelse af billeder og lyd fra andre kilder end det indbyggede kamera eller den indbyggede mikrofon (DV- in-funktionen), som udgør den væsentligste egenskab ved et videokamera, som henhører under denne underposition, er aktiv på tidspunktet for fortoldningen, eller hvis, selv når producenten ikke har til hensigt at oplyse om denne egenskab, denne funktion kan aktiveres efter dette tidspunkt ved en let manipulation af apparatet foretaget af en bruger, som ikke er i besiddelse af særlige kompetencer, og uden at videokameraets hardware ændres.
In view of the above considerations, the answer to the first question must be that the application, which the courts of Member States must ensure, of the prohibition under Community law of discrimination on the ground of age is not mandatory where the allegedly discriminatory treatment contains no link with Community law. No such link arises either from Article 13 EC, or, in circumstances such as those at issue in the main proceedings, from Directive 2000/78 before the timelimit allowed to the Member State concerned for its transposition has expired.
I tilfælde af en efter-
Questions 2 and 3
(jf. præmis 35 og 44 samt domskonkl.)
On those grounds, the Court (Grand Chamber) hereby rules:
I de forenede sager C-208/06 og C-209/06, angående to anmodninger om præjudiciel afgørelse i henhold til artikel 234 EF, indgivet af Finanzgericht Düsseldorf (Tyskland), ved afgørelser af 4. maj 2006, indgået til Domstolen den 8. maj 2006, i sagerne
International agreements — EEC–Turkey Association Agreement — Association Council established by the EEC–Turkey Association Agreement — Decision No 1/80 — Family reunification
Medion AG (sag C-208/06) mod
(Decision No 1/80 of the EEC–Turkey Association Council, Art. 7, first para.)
DOMSTOLEN (Tredje Afdeling) sammensat af afdelingsformanden, A. Rosas, og dommerne J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, U. Lõhmus, A. Ó Caoimh og P. Lindh (refererende dommer), generaladvokat: Y. Bot justitssekretær: fuldmægtig J. Swedenborg, på grundlag af den skriftlige forhandling og efter retsmødet den 21. marts 2007, efter at der er afgivet indlæg af:
Advocate General: P. Mengozzi, Registrar: R. Grass, having regard to the written procedure, after considering the observations submitted on behalf of:
— den franske regering ved G. de Bergues og A.-L. During, som befuldmægtigede
— the Wetteraukreis, by E. Meiß, acting as Agent,
Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber ved J. Hottiaux, som befuldmægtiget, bistået af Rechtsanwalt B. Wägenbaur, og idet Domstolen efter at have hørt generaladvokaten har besluttet, at sagen skal pådømmes uden forslag til afgørelse,
— the Commission of the European Communities, by V. Kreuschitz and G. Rozet, acting as Agents, having decided, after hearing the Advocate General, to proceed to judgment without an Opinion,
Disse anmodninger er blevet fremsat i forbindelse med to tvister mellem henholdsvis Medion AG (herefter »Medion«) og Hauptzollamt Duisburg og Canon Deutschland GmbH (herefter »Canon«) og Hauptzollamt Krefeld i anledning af tarifering i KN af videokameraer, som de to selskaber har indført til Tyskland.
This request has been made in the context of a dispute between Mr Er, a Turkish national, and the Wetteraukreis (district of Wetterau), concerning a procedure for deportation from German territory.
DOM AF 27.9.2007 — FORENEDE SAGER C-208/06 OG C-209/06 internationale konvention, der blev indgået i Bruxelles den 14. juni 1983 og godkendt på Fællesskabets vegne ved Rådets afgørelse 87/369/EØF af 7. april 1987 (EFT L 198, s. 1).
— shall be entitled in that Member State, after one year’s legal employment, to the renewal of his permit to work for the same employer, if a job is available;
KN gentager HS’ positioner og sekscifrede underpositioner, idet det syvende og ottende ciffer er underpositioner, der er specifikke for den kombinerede nomenklatur.
— shall enjoy free access in that Member State to any paid employment of his choice, after four years of legal employment.’
Anden del af KN indeholder et afsnit XVI, hvis kapitel 85 har overskriften »Elektriske maskiner og apparater, elektrisk materiel samt dele dertil; lydoptagere og lydgengivere samt billed- og lydoptagere og billed- og lydgengivere til fjernsyn samt dele og tilbehør dertil«.
Children of Turkish workers who have completed a course of vocational training in the host country may respond to any offer of employment there, irrespective of the length of time they have been resident in that Member State, provided one of their parents has been legally employed in the Member State concerned for at least three years.’
Det præciseres, at ordlyden af underpositionerne 8525 40 91 og 8525 40 99 er identisk i forordning nr. 2263/2000, nr. 2031/2001 og nr. 1789/2003.
Two years later, in 1986, he travelled to Berlin to join his father, who was duly registered as belonging to the labour force of the Federal Republic of Germany, and lived with him in Germany for at least five years.
Videokameraer tariferet i underposition 8525 40 91 er pålagt en told på 4,9%, mens tolden udgør 14% for de videokameraer, som henhører under underposition 8525 40 99.
In 1998, Mr Er applied for his first residence permit, which was granted to him for a period of one and a half years. This document included the comments ‘mother holder of a residence permit of unlimited duration’ and ‘father registered in Berlin’.
»Tariferingen af varer i den kombinerede nomenklatur sker efterfølgende regler:
His residence permit was extended up to 21 March 2002.
De forklarende bemærkninger vedrørende forordning nr. 2263/2000 (EFT 2000 C 199, s. 1), som delvist finder anvendelse i sag C-209/06, præciserede vedrørende underposition 8525 40 99:
In 2002, Mr Er applied for a second residence permit, which was granted to him up to April 2003, that being the date at which his mother ceased to be responsible for his maintenance.
Denne underposition omfatter videokameraer (såkaldte »camcordere«), som er en kombination af et videokamera og en videobåndoptager eller -gengiver, og som ikke blot kan optage billeder fra kameraet, men også fjernsynsprogrammer. De optagne billeder kan gengives på en ekstern fjernsynsmodtager.
Mr Er then applied for an extension of his residence permit, which was granted for one year despite the changes to his situation, namely that his mother was no longer responsible for his maintenance and that a living allowance had been paid to him for four months.
Undtaget herfra er derimod camcordere, der kun kan optage billeder fra videokameraet og gengive disse på en ekstern fjernsynsmodtager (underposition 8525 40 91).«
The Aliens Authority for the district of Wetterau (‘the Aliens Authority’), however, required Mr Er to make a visible effort to find employment.
De forklarende bemærkninger er blevet ændret som følge af en meddelelse fra Kommissionen af 6. juli 2001 (EFT C 190, s. 10).
Mr Er took part in a course designed to improve his chances of training and of finding work on the job market, but he gave it up due to insufficient aptitude.
For så vidt angår underposition 8525 40 99 er den tidligere ordlyd blevet gentaget, og følgende mellemafsnit er blevet indføjet:
He received social security assistance for one month and registered as a job-seeker.
Medion og Canon har indført digitalvideokameraer udstyret med en »IEEE 1394interface«, som muliggør overførsel af digitale data, til Tyskland.
Whilst processing this application, the Aliens Authority interviewed Mr Er on several occasions. The latter declared that he was looking for work, that he ought to find work after submitting a certificate of good behaviour, and that he would contact the Aliens Authority again.
Disse apparater er udstyret med en menu bestående af en række taster og en lille LCD-farveskærm.
These declarations were not, however, followed up and Mr Er was not offered employment. He received unemployment benefits for 18 months.
Det fremgår af varebeskrivelserne og varernes brugsanvisninger, at køberen har valget mellem at sede videooptagelser, som er foretaget ved hjælp af kameraet, på LCD-farveskærmen eller at overføre disse ved hjælp af de rette kabler til andre apparater, eksempelvis et fjernsyn, som tillader et meget større billede og et billede af en bedre kvalitet. En sådan funktion benævnes normalt »DV-out«.
By decision of 17 August 2005, the Aliens Authority rejected the application for extension presented by Mr Er in September 2004 and ordered him to leave the country by a specific deadline, failing which he would be deported to Turkey.
Visse andre videokameraer har mulighed for at modtage data fra andre apparater, idet videokameraerne da anvendes som videobåndoptagere til optagelse af digitale sekvenser fra en computer, eksempelvis en videooptagelse.
According to this decision, the grant of the right of residence in the context of the first paragraph of Article 7 of Decision No 1/80 presupposes that the applicant is present on the employment market at the time of his application, and that he has a realistic prospect of obtaining employment in the foreseeable future.
Medion og Canon har ikke ved indførslen af de i hovedsagen omtvistede videokameraer oplyst om denne funktion, som normalt benævnes »DV-in«.
The Aliens Authority took the view that limiting the duration of residence to six months in order to seek employment was not, in principle, open to criticism.
Hverken producenterne af de pågældende videokameraer eller Medion og Canon har i beskrivelserne af videokameraerne eller i deres brugsanvisninger angivet, at DV-in-funktionen kunne aktiveres efterfølgende, eller at tredjemænd kunne forestå en sådan aktivering.
On 9 September 2005, Mr Er submitted an appeal against this decision, which is still pending. He also applied to the referring court for interim measures.
Til gengæld har de to selskaber inden for samme perioder indført videokameraer, med hensyn til hvilke det klart blev præciseret, at de havde en DV-in-funktion.
The latter declared, by way of an order of 4 December 2006, that that appeal brought about a stay of proceedings.
DOM AF 27.9.2007 — FORENEDE SAGER C-208/06 OG C-209/06
During the interlocutory proceedings, Mr Er claimed to be making efforts to find work.
Medion indgav i februar 2004 en ansøgning til den kompetente toldmyndighed i Essen-Stadthafen (Tyskland) om fortoldning af et digitalt videokamera, type MD 9069, med henblik på dets overgang til fri omsætning, og anmeldte det i KN-underposition 8525 40 91. Toldmyndigheden tariferede videokameraet i KN-underposition 8525 40 99.
He produced a letter of 20 December 2005 from the training centre in Frankfurt inviting him to take part in a job-support scheme for one month. Mr Er started the programme, but gave it up on the ground that it did not address his needs.
Medion indbragte afgørelsen for Finanzgericht Düsseldorf og gjorde idet væsentlige gældende, at videokameraet på det tidspunkt, der er relevant for modtagelsen af toldanmeldelsen, ikke havde en DV-in-funktion.
Mr Er was then put in contact with a recruitment organisation for airports, which involved a training course.
Medion gjorde desuden gældende, at selskabet havde modtaget modstridende oplysninger vedrørende tariferingen fra en nederlandsk toldmyndighed, som havde tariferet de samme videokameraer i KN-underposition 8525 40 91.
As a result of the successful progression of his course from the beginning of February 2006, it was planned that Mr Er would secure a pos -ition as a baggage handler at Frankfurt airport.
Finanzgericht Düsseldorf besluttede at indhente en sagkyndig udtalelse om, hvorvidt, og i givet fald hvorledes, videokameraet uden ændringer i dets hardware kan tilrettes således, at det også kan optage billeder og lyd fra eksterne apparater.
The referring court points out, however, that, in the absence of a certificate of good behaviour, the job application was not sent to the potential employer.
Den forelæggende ret bemærkede ligeledes, at Fællesskabets retsorden ikke giver noget ensartet svar på spørgsmålet om tarifering af varer, som på tidspunktet for fortoldningen ikke besidder visse egenskaber, men først får disse efterfølgende ved hjælp af en justering. Den forelæggende ret nævner i denne anledning de nederlandske bindende tariferingsoplysninger, som Medion har påberåbt sig, samt den franske Commission de conciliation et d’expertise douanières afgørelse af 7. oktober 2003.
The referring court also alludes to a note from the Federal Employment Agency, dated 18 August 2006, concerning an interview with Mr Er.
Den forelæggende ret har derfor rejst spørgsmål vedrørende efterfølgende justeringers betydning for varens tarifering.
He was, moreover, in debt, and his mother wished him to leave the family home.
Finanzgericht Düsseldorf har under disse omstændigheder besluttet at udsætte sagen og at forelægge Domstolen følgende præjudicielle spørgsmål:
On 22 January 2007, following the end of the interlocutory proceedings, Mr Er submitted the application which initiated the main proceedings.
»Skal et videokamera, der ved indførslen ikke var i stand til at optage videosignaler fra eksterne kilder, tariferes i KN-underposition 8525 40 99, såfremt videogrænsefladen efterfølgende kan omdannes til videoindgang ved betjening af visse kontakter, uanset at hverken producenten eller sælgeren har oplyst om denne mulighed og heller ikke understøtter denne?«
He pleads that the Aliens Authority should be ordered to extend his residence permit on the ground that he benefits from the legal status conferred by the first paragraph of Article 7 of Decision No 1/80, irrespective of whether he has, or is seeking, employment in Germany.
Canon har til støtte for sit søgsmål understreget forskellen mellem de videokameramodeller, som selskabet indfører, alt afhængig af om de er udstyret eller ikke er udstyret med DV-in-funktionen, og har gjort gældende, at hvad angår de omtvistede videokameraer kan funktionen kun aktiveres ved en ændring af hardwaren.
In those circumstances, the Verwaltungsgericht Gießen decided to stay the proceedings and to refer the following question to the Court for a preliminary ruling:
Canon har ligeledes fastholdt, at der vil være tale om en tilsidesættelse af et centralt grundlæggende princip for så vidt angår toldtarifering, hvis tariferingen i underposition 8525 40 99 fastholdes, når DV-in-funktionen først aktiveres efter fortoldningen.
‘Does a Turkish national who, as a family member, received authorisation to join his father living in Germany who, as a Turkish worker, was duly registered as belonging to the labour force of the Federal Republic of Germany, and who acquired, by virtue of having previously lived together legally with his father for five years, the legal status as referred to in the second indent of the first paragraph of Decision No 1/80, lose that legal status as a consequence of the fact that, for more than seven years after leaving school, apart from one alleged single day of work on a trial basis, he has at no time been in employment, drops out of all government support schemes designed to
Hvis man baserer tariferingen på en aktivering, der først finder sted efter fortoldningen, vil der skabes usikkerhed om selve aktiveringen og dermed om varens tarifering.
ER promote the taking-up of employment and does not himself make any serious efforts to take up employment, instead living by turns on social security benefits, financial support from his mother living in Germany and means of unknown origin?’
Den forelæggende ret har truffet afgørelse om indhentelse af en sagkyndig udtalelse svarende til den, som blev indhentet i tvisten vedrørende Medion .
By its question, the referring court is essentially asking whether a Turkish national who benefits from the right to take up any paid employment of his choice in a Member State in accordance with the second indent of the first paragraph of Article 7 of Decision No 1/80 loses his right to reside in that Member State, and thereby that right freely to take up employment, on the ground that, having reached the age of 23, he has not engaged in paid employment since leaving school at the age of 16, and has participated in government job-support schemes without, however, completing them.
Finanzgericht Düsseldorf har som følge af den sagkyndige udtalelse besluttet at udsætte sagen og at forelægge Domstolen følgende præjudicielle spørgsmål:
In order to answer this question, it should be noted that the first paragraph of Article 7 of Decision No 1/80 has direct effect in the Member States, with the result that Turkish nationals fulfilling the conditions which it lays down may rely directly on the rights conferred on them by that provision.
»Skal et videokamera, der ved indførslen ikke var i stand til at optage videosignaler fra eksterne kilder, tariferes i KN-underposition 8525 40 99, såfremt videogrænsefladen efterfølgende kan omdannes til videoindgang ved hjælp af en bestemt software, uanset at hverken producenten eller sælgeren har oplyst om denne mulighed og heller ikke understøtter denne?«
In particular, they have the right, in accordance with the second indent of that provision, of free access to any paid employment of their choice in the host Member State after having been legally resident there for at least five years (see Case C-351/95 Kadiman [1997] ECR I-2133, paragraphs 27 and 28, as well as Case C-325/05 Derin [2007] ECR I-6495, paragraph 47).
Ved kendelse afsagt af Domstolens præsident den 26. juni 2006 er sag C-208/06 og sag C-209/06 blevet forenet med henblik på den skriftlige og mundtlige forhandling samt dommen .
The rights that this provision grants the child of a Turkish worker with regard to employment in the Member State concerned necessarily imply, so as not to render the right of access to the labour market and to engage in paid employment totally ineffective, a concomitant right of residence in favour of the person concerned (see, inter alia, Case C-467/02 Cetinkaya [2004] ECR I-10895, paragraph 31, and Derin, paragraph 47).
Indlæg for Domstolen
2008 — CASE C-453/07
Ifølge Medion og Canon skal de præjudicielle spørgsmål besvares benægtende. De påberåber sig flere grunde til, at de videokameraer, hvor om der er tvist i hovedsagen, skal tariferes i underposition 8525 40 91 og ikke i underposition 8525 40 99.
The Court has ruled that the unconditional right to take up any employment freely chosen by the person concerned would be rendered wholly meaningless if the competent national authorities were able to impose conditions or restrictions of any sort on the application of the specific rights conferred on Turkish migrants by Decision No 1/80 (see Case C-329/97 Ergat [2000] ECR I-1487, paragraph 41).