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På grundlag af den refererende dommers rapport besluttede Retten at vedtage foranstaltninger med henblik på sagens tilrettelæggelse, idet visse parter blev anmodet om skriftligt at besvare spørgsmål og fremlægge dokumenter.
In its two questions, which it is appropriate to examine together, the referring court is essentially asking whether Articles 77(2)(b) and 78(2)(b) of the Regulation, read in conjunction with Article 79(1) thereof, must be interpreted as meaning that the competent institution of a Member State other than that of the residence of the person in receipt of an old-age or invalidity pension, or of the residence of orphans of a deceased worker is required to grant to the persons concerned benefits for dependent children or orphans where the conditions laid down by the legislation of the Member State of residence for the award of such benefits are not or are no longer satisfied and where the entitlement of the pensioner or of the orphans claiming under the deceased worker is not acquired in the other Member State solely under the legislation of that State.
Navnlig anmodede Retten Kommissionen om at fremlægge en kopi af skrivelsen af 27. marts 1996, som de italienske myndigheder havde fremsendt til Kommissionen som svar på dens beslutning om at iværksætte proceduren.
It also asks whether, none the less, in such circumstances, the competent institution of the Member State other than that of residence may be required to grant the benefits at issue under a socialsecurity convention entered into by the two Member States concerned and incorporated in their national law prior to entry into force of the Regulation.
Den støtte, virksomheden Acciaierie di Bolzano har modtaget i henhold til provinslov nr. 25/81, er ulovlig, idet den ikke blev anmeldt, inden den blev bevilget.
In 1997 an application for family allowances submitted to the BAK by Mrs Calvo Fernández for two of her children who were over the age of 18 years and were undergoing training was rejected.
Støtten er desuden i henhold til
The complaint against the rejection was itself rejected.
Kommissionen svarede Retten, at denne skrivelse fra de italienske myndigheder indeholdt følsomme oplysninger om støttemodtageren. Kommissionen mente, at denne skrivelse skulle fremlægges af den italienske regering, eller i det mindste med dennes billigelse, og Kommissionen anførte, at den ville anmode om regeringens
At the outset it should be pointed out that in its judgment in Case C-59/95 Bastos Moriana and Others [1997] the Court ruled that Articles
Domstolen, og har nedlagt påstand om, at den anfægtede dom ophæves, og den anfægtede beslutning annulleres, samt at Kommissionen tilpligtes at betale sagens omkostninger, herunder omkostningerne i første instans. Subsidiært har appellanterne nedlagt påstand om, at den anfægtede dom ophæves, og at sagen hjemvises til Retten, samt at Domstolen træffer enhver anden foranstaltning som følge heraf, eller som den finder passende, herunder om bevisoptagelse.
children of pensioners and for orphans, which are then granted, in principle, in accordance with the legislation of that Member State alone (Bastos Moriana and Others, cited above, paragraph 15), in conformity with the principle, laid down in Article 13(1) of the Regulation, that the legislation of a single Member State is applicable.
Retten anmodede derefter Kommissionen om på retsmødet at fremlægge skrivelsen af 27. marts 1996 i sin fulde længde eller i en ikke-fortrolig udgave, afhængig af de italienske myndigheders holdning.
As the Court has pointed out on a number of occasions, the Member States retain sole competence to determine the level and the duration of the benefits granted by them (judgment in Gomez Rodriguez, cited above, paragraph 28).
Den Italienske Republik har nedlagt påstand om, at Domstolen fremmer appellerne til realitetsbehandling og fuldstændig ophæver den anfægtede dom, idet Domstolen giver den italienske regering medhold i de påstande, som den har fremført i første instans, samt at Kommissionen tilpligtes at betale sagens omkostninger. Subsidiært har den anmodet Domstolen om at give appellanterne medhold i deres subsidiære påstande.
At paragraph 32 of the judgment in Gomez Rodriguez, cited above, the Court stated, in regard to Article 78(2)(b) of the Regulation, that, where entitlement to benefits which arose in the State of residence is lost because an age-limit has been reached, the competent institution of another Member State is not required to grant benefits to the persons concerned, unless they have acquired their entitlement there solely on the basis of the periods of insurance completed in that State.
Kommissionen har nedlagt påstand om, at de tre dokumenter, som appellanterne har fremlagt, udgår fra sagens akter, at appellerne forkastes, og at appellanterne tilpligtes at betale sagens omkostninger.
Accordingly, when, in the circumstances envisaged in Articles 77(2)(b)(i) and 78(2)(b)(i) of the Regulation one of the conditions laid down by the legislation of the Member State of residence for the grant of a benefit is not or is no longer satisfied, for example, as in the case in the main proceedings, a condition as to income ceiling or requiring the person concerned to opt for the benefit in question or as to an age-limit for the children concerned, the claimant of the benefit cannot rely on the connecting factor provided for in Articles 77(2)(b)(ii) and 78(2)(b)(ii) of the Regulation as against the competent institution of another Member State unless, in accordance with the judgments cited above in Bastos Moriana and Others and Gómez Rodríguez, his entitlement to a pension or an orphan's entitlement through a deceased worker is acquired under the legislation of that State alone.
Det er nødvendigt at efterprøve, hvorvidt Falck er umiddelbart berørt af den anfægtede dom.
In that connection, it should be made clear that assessment of the question whether the latter condition is satisfied, which is a question of national law, is a matter for the national court.
Kommissionen nedlagde påstand om frifindelse. ACB har nærmere bestemt fremført seks anbringender til støtte for sine påstande.
It should be recalled in that regard that the rules laid down in Articles 77 and 78 are designed to determine the Member State whose legislation governs the grant of benefits for dependent
I henhold til kendelsen afsagt den 11. juli 1997 af formanden for Rettens Fjerde Udvidede Afdeling fik Falck tilladelse til at intervenere i første instans, idet der — hvilket er anført i den anfægtede doms præmis 34 — blev taget hensyn til de garantier, som Falck havde givet Valbruna Sri og ACB ved salget af sidstnævnte, og som medfører, at »[sjåfremt nærværende sag ikke tages til følge, og der herefter foretages en tilbagesøgning af den til sagsøgeren udbetalte støtte i overensstemmelse med Kommissionens beslutning, vil stålværket Valbruna Sri eller [ACB] være berettiget til i medfør af bestemmelserne i denne aftale at anlægge et regressøgsmål mod Falck SpA [...]«.
In the fourth case before the referring court it should be observed that the entitlements to an orphan's pension through a deceased worker were acquired in Germany prior to 1 January 1986 not under German legislation alone, like the entitlements acquired before his death by the worker himself, under the bilateral convention.
I den nuværende situation er Falck således forpligtet til fuldt at påtage sig tilbagebetalingen af beløbene fastsat i den anfægtede beslutnings artikel 2, og selskabet skal i det mindste, så længe sagen ikke er endelig afgjort, træffe
According to the information provided by the German Government in reply to a written question put to it by the Court, the orphans' pensions at issue continued to be paid after the accession of the Kingdom of Spain to the European Communities and entry into force of the Regulation on the ground that the benefits awarded under the bilateral convention were
foranstaltninger for i givet fald at kunne påtage sig den tilsvarende økonomiske byrde.
more favourable than those provided for in the Regulation.
Β — Begæringen om, at visse dokumenter fremlagt af ACB og Falck udgår af sagens akter
It should be pointed out in that connection that, under Article 6 of the Regulation, the latter replaces within its scope ratione personae et materiae, and subject to certain reservations, any socialsecurity convention between two or more Member States.
Disse dokumenter udgør således en del af sagens akter, som er fremsendt til Domstolen i henhold til Domstolens procesreglements artikel 111, stk. 2, og Kommissionen kan ikke begære, at de skal udgå af sagens akter med den begrundelse, at de fremlægges på ny og påberåbes under appellerne. En sådan begæring må afvises.
In other words, if, as regards a social security advantage, a national of a Member State can benefit from a right under a convention entered into between two Member States, and if that convention is more favourable to him than a Community regulation which became applicable to him subsequently, the right derived by him under the convention is acquired by him once and for all.
Under henvisning til de omstændigheder, hvorunder de italienske myndigheders skrivelse 27. marts 1996 med bilag blev fremlagt under retsmødet, har ACB og Falck påstået, at kontradiktions princippet er blevet tilsidesat.
Accordingly, with regard to a specific benefit, where periods of insurance or employment which form the basis of the worker's rights were completed, at least partially, during a period when only the bilateral convention was applicable, the worker's overall situation must be assessed by reference to the provisions of that convention if it is favourable to him (judgment in Kaske, cited above, paragraphs 31 and 32).
I denne sag påstår appellanterne nærmere bestemt, at retten til kontradiktion og forsvarets rettigheder er blevet tilsidesat som følge af den sene forelæggelse under retsmødet af omfangsrige dokumenter og af de betingelser, hvorunder de kunne gennemgås af appellanternes advokater på dagen for retsmødet.
In the fourth case before the referring court the entitlement to an orphan's pension was therefore maintained in Germany under the principle laid down in paragraph 29 of the judgment in Case C227/89 Ronfeldt [1991] and paragraphs 38 to 45 of the judgment in Gómez Rodríguez, cited above, according to which entitlement to a more favourable benefit under a socialsecurity convention cannot be lost owing to the entry into force of the Regulation.
Kommissionen har gjort gældende, at disse tre notater har været fremlagt i første instans som bilag til Falcks besvarelse af spørgsmål stillet af Retten, og at disse dokumenter — såfremt det antages, at notaterne uden brevhoved faktisk hidrører fra dens tjenestegrene — er interne dokumenter, der ikke skal i omløb uden for institutionen.
In those circumstances the national concerned has an established right to continued application of that convention after entry into force of the Regulation (see judgment of 5 February 2002 in Case C-277/99 Kaske [2002], paragraph 26).
I den forbindelse er retsmøderapporten under alle omstændigheder tilstrækkelig for at kende de betingelser, der er beskrevet ovenfor i denne dom.
It is for the national court to assess whether a claimant has an established right under a socialsecurity convention to a more favourable benefit.
Det er desuden ubestridt, at appellanterne under retsmødet ikke har påberåbt sig, at det var umuligt at reagere hensigtsmæssigt på forelæggelsen af de pågældende dokumenter.
If so, that right must be assimilated to a benefit entitlement acquired solely under the national legislation of the Member State in which the application was made, as may be inferred from paragraph 27 of the judgment in Rönfeldt, cited above.
De dokumenter, som Kommissionen har begæret fjernet fra sagens akter, blev i virkeligheden fremlagt i første instans af ACB som bilag til selskabets svar på skriftlige spørgsmål fra Retten.
'Articles 77(2)(b) and 78(2)(b) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community, as amended and updated by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2001/83 of 2 June 1983, and read in conjunction with Article 79(1) thereof, must be interpreted as meaning that the competent institution of a Member State other than that of the residence of a person in receipt of an old-age or invalidity pension, or of the residence of orphans of a deceased worker, is not required to grant the persons concerned benefits for dependent children or for orphans where lhe conditions laid down by the legislation of the Member State of residence for the award of such benefits are not or are no longer satisfied and where the entitlement of the pensioner or of the orphans claiming under the deceased worker is not acquired, in the other Member State, solely under the legislation of that State.
Selv om Kommissionen selv har været tilbageholdende med efter Rettens anmodning at fremlægge skrivelsen af 27. marts 1996, der som bilag indeholdt et af disse dokumenter -nærmere bestemt notatet fra dens juridiske tjeneste - og selv om Kommissionen har anført, at den har gennemført undersøgelser for at fastslå, hvorledes dette dokument kunne være
None the less, in such a situation, the competent institution of the Member State other than that of residence may be required to award the benefit at issue under a socialsecurity convention entered into by the two Member States concerned and incorporated in their national law prior to the entry into force of the Regulation, where the persons concerned have an established right to continued application of that convention after the entry into force of the Regulation.'
Falck og ACB har gjort gældende, at ACB i løbet af den administrative procedure to gange havde anmodet Kommissionen om tilladelse til at deltage i den pågældende procedure, men at Kommissionen ikke havde svaret på denne anmodning. Ifølge appellanterne er dette en tilsidesættelse af retten til kontradiktion.
Preliminary ruling (Internal taxes contrary to Community law — Recovery of sums paid but not due — National legislation retroactively reducing time-limits for bringing proceedings — Compatibility with the principle of effectiveness) (Sixth Chamber) paid throughout that period in respect of audiovisual goods coming from Member States other than the Italian Republic, and in the main from the Federal Republic of Germany.
Appellanterne har påstået, at der på samme tid er lagt en urigtig retsopfattelse til grund, en fejlagtig bedømmelse af de faktiske omstændigheder samt at der er selvmodsigelser i den anfægtede dom.
By order of 6 June 2000, received at the Court on 26 June 2000, the Tribunale di Trento (District Court, Trento) referred to the Court for a preliminary ruling under Article 234 EC a question on the interpretation of the principles of Community law relating to the recovery of sums paid but not due.
Der er ingen bestemmelser i proceduren for kontrol med statsstøtte, der giver støttemodtageren en særlig stilling blandt de berørte.
The dispute in the main proceedings has already led the Tribunale di Trento to refer one question to the Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling.
I den forbindelse skal det præciseres, at proceduren for kontrol med statsstøtte ikke er en procedure, der indledes »mod« støttemodtageren eller støttemodtagerne, hvilket ville medføre, at denne eller disse sidstnævnte som sådan kunne påberåbe sig en så udstrakt ret, som retten til kontraktion.
That reference resulted in the Court's judgment of 17 June 1998 in Case C-68/96 Grundig Italiana [1998].
Retten har således lovligt kunne fastslå, at når Kommissionen har foranlediget en offentliggørelse, som den ovenfor nævnte, dvs. når Kommissionen bl.a. har opfordret støttemodtageren til at fremsætte sine bemærkninger, hvilket blev fastslået i den anfægtede doms præmis 46, og den pågældende støttemodtager ikke har gjort brug af denne mulighed, har Kommissionen ikke tilsidesat nogen af støttemodtagerens rettigheder.
That question arose in proceedings between Grundig Italiana SpA (hereinafter 'Grundig Italiana') and the Ministero delle Finanze (Finance Ministry) concerning the reimbursement of sums paid by way of a consumption tax on audiovisual and photo-optic goods (hereinafter 'the consumption tax') introduced by Article 4 of Decree-Law No 953 of 30 December 1982, converted into Law No 53 of 28 February 1983.
Det bemærkes, at den konstatering, at ACB ikke har gjort brug af sin mulighed for at fremsætte bemærkninger, er et spørgsmål om bedømmelse af faktiske omstændigheder, som det ikke tilkommer Domstolen at genbehandle inden for rammerne af en appel, medmindre de forhold, som Retten har fået forelagt, er blevet gengivet forkert.
Factual and legal background to the dispute in the main proceedings and the question referred for a preliminary ruling
En sådan fremgangsmåde sikrer, at de øvrige medlemsstater og de berørte erhvervskredse høres (dom af 20.3.1984, sag
By summons served on 22 July 1993, Grundig Italiana claimed repayment of the consumption tax which it had
Desuden er de af appellanterne påståede selvmodsigelser ikke fastslået.
In answer to that question the Court ruled as follows:
a) Den omtvistede statsstøttes påvirkning af samhandelen inden for Fællesskabet og af konkurrencen
The Ministry of Finance, however, objected that Grundig Italiana had applied for reimbursement out of time in so far as concerned some of the payments.
Heraf følger, at Retten med føje har fastslået, at Kommissionen ikke var forpligtet til at undersøge om støtten omfattet af den anfægtede beslutning påvirkede samhandelen inden for Fællesskabet eller på konkurrencen.
In the absence of Community rules on the recovery of national charges levied though not due, it is for the domestic legal system of each Member State to designate the courts and tribunals having jurisdiction and to lay down the detailed procedural rules governing actions for safeguarding rights which individuals derive from Community law, provided, first, that such rules are not less favourable than those governing similar domestic actions (principle of equivalence) and, secondly, that they do not render virtually impossible or excessively difficult the exercise of rights conferred by Community law (principle of effectiveness) (see, inter alia, Aprile, cited above, paragraph 18).
Appellanterne har anført, at den anfægtede dom med urette bekræfter Kommissionen opfattelse, hvorefter statsstøtte inden for rammerne af EKSF-traktaten ikke nødvendigvis skal påvirke samhandelen inden for Fællesskabet og konkurrencen for at være omfattet af forbuddet i denne traktats artikel 4, litra c).
It is on the basis of the provision, Article 29(1) of Law No 428/1990, that the Ministry of Finance seeks a declaration that the action in the main proceedings is time-barred in so far as it relates to taxes paid more than three years before the action was brought, that is to say, payments made before 22 July 1990.
I lighed med statsstøttebestemmelserne i EF-traktaten omfatter den pågældende bestemmelse i EKSF-traktaten imidlertid kun statsstøtte, der påvirker disse elementer.
The Ministry of Finance also pleaded, in the alternative, the five-year limitation period laid down in the last paragraph of Article 4 of Law No 53/1983. The Tribunale di Trento has already ruled in the Ministry's favour on the latter point.
Appellanterne har anført, at Retten ved at fastslå, at Kommissionen ikke længere har beføjelser til at godkende en ikke-anmeldt støtte i henhold til en kodeks for støtte til jern- og stålindustrien, når anvendelsesperioden for denne kodeks er udløbet, og at Kommissionen skal anvende den kodeks, der er gældende på tidspunktet for vedtagelsen af sin beslutning, har den lagt en urigtig retsopfattelse til grund.
The national court does, however, entertain doubt as to whether the three-year time-limit laid down in Article 29(1) of Law No 428/1990 is consistent with the principles of Community law relating to the recovery of payments made but not due, in that it has been pleaded in opposition to a claim for reimbursement of sums paid before its entry into force.
Støttens forenelighed med fællesmarkedet i henhold til kodekserne for støtte til jern- og stålindustrien skal kun bedømmes i overensstemmelse med de gældende regler på tidspunktet for støttens faktiske tildeling.
As regards the latter principle, the Court has held that it is compatible with Community law to lay down reasonable time-limits for bringing proceedings in the interests of legal certainty which protects both the taxpayer and the administration concerned.
Tildeling af støtte er reguleret af bestemmelserne i EKSF-traktatens artikel 4, litra c).
Such time-limits are not hable to render virtually impossible or excessively difficult the exercise of rights conferred by Community law.
I den forbindelse skal det bemærkes, at i modsætning til hvad Retten har fastslået i den anfægtede dom og hvad Kommissionens har gjort gældende, er anvendelsen af den kodeks, der er gældende på det tidspunkt, hvor Kommissionen traf beslutningen om foreneligheden af den tildelte støtte, som var blevet tildelt under en tidligere kodeks, en anvendelse af en fællesskabsbestemmelse med tilbagevirkende kraft.
In that regard, a time-limit of three years under national law, reckoned from the date of the contested payment, appears reasonable (see Aprile, paragraph 19).
Denne tydelige forskel i formuleringen mellem bestemmelserne i EKSF-traktatens artikel 4, litra c) og EF-traktatens artikel 92, stk. 1, er tilstrækkelig til at fastslå, at hvad angår statsstøtte, har medlemsstaterne ikke har haft til hensigt at anvende de samme regler eller det samme handlingsområde for Fællesskabet, og at en støtteforanstaltning for at være omfattet af EKSF-traktatens artikel 4, litra c), ikke nødvendigvis skal påvirke samhandelen inden for Fællesskabet eller konkurrencen (jf dom af 21.6.2001, forenede sager C-280/99 Ρ - C-282/99 P, Moccia Irma rrt.fl. mod Kommissionen, præmis 32 og 33).
The national court emphasises that the Court of Justice has itself held time-limits of three years and even one year to be reasonable, but that, in view of the 90-day transitional period preceding the shortening of the time-limit in the present case, it finds it necessary to refer the following question for a preliminary ruling:
Den omstændighed, at Kommissionen i henhold til EKSF-traktatens artikel 95 efter samstemmende udtalelse fra Rådet for Den
'Is a national provision, namely the last part of Article 29(1) of Law No 428 of 29 December 1990, compatible with Community law and in particular with the often stated principle of
Retssikkerhedsprincippet er normalt til hinder for, at en fællesskabsretsakts anvendelsesområde i tidsmæssig henseende tager udgangspunkt i et tidspunkt, der ligger forud for retsaktens offentliggørelse, dog med undtagelse af de særlige tilfælde, hvor det tilstræbte mål kræver det, og når der er taget behørigt hensyn til de berørtes berettigede forventning (dom af 25.1.1979, sag 98/78, Racke mod Hauptzollamt Mainz, præmis 20). For at sikre overholdelsen af
Nor does the principle of effectiveness present an absolute bar to the retroactive application of a new period for initiating proceedings that is shorter and, as the case may be, more restrictive for the taxpayer than the period previously applicable, and that is so where such application concerns actions for the recovery of internal taxes contrary to Community law which have not
retssikkerhedsprincippet og princippet om den berettigede forventning skal de materielle fællesskabsretlige regler herved fortolkes således, at de kun omfatter forhold, som ligger forud for ikrafttrædelsen, såfremt det af ordlyden, bestemmelsernes formål eller opbygning klart fremgår, at dette har været meningen (jf. bla. dom af 29.1.1985, sag 234/83, Gesamthochschule Duisburg mod Hauptzollamt München-Mitte, præmis 20, og af 15.7.1993, sag C-34/92, Grusa Fleisch, præmis 22).
not yet been commenced by the time the new period comes into force and which relate to sums paid whilst the old period was still applicable.