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Legislation which makes the issue of an inseminator’s licence subject to the conclusion of an agreement with an artificial insemination centre which is in potential competition on the insem -ination market with the same operator whose competence as an inseminator it
Ureditev, ki izdajo licence za osemenjevalca pogojuje s sklenitvijo pogodbe s sredi�čem za osemenjevanje, ki je na trgu osemenjevanja potencialni konkurent istega gospodarskega subjekta, katerega sposobnosti za osemenjevalca mora preveriti, in ki poleg tega sklenitev te
(see paras 91-95, 97, 108, operative part)
(Glej točke od 91 do 95, 97 in 108 ter izrek.)
OPINION OF ADVOCATE GENERALMENGOZZI delivered on 3 April 2008 1
SKLEPNI PREDLOGI GENERALNEGA PRAVOBRANILCAPAOLA MENGOZZIJA, predstavljeni 3. aprila 2008 1
Article 86 in conjunction with Article 90(1) of the EC Treaty (now Articles 82 and 86(1) EC) regarding the abuse of a dominant position by undertakings with exclusive rights, 4as well as in the light of Directives 77/504/EEC 5 and 87/328/EEC 6 on purebred breeding animals of the bovine species, 7 and is now being asked to do so in the light of Articles 43 EC and 49 EC concerning freedom of establishment and the freedom to provide services respectively. 8
ES (po spremembi postal člen 31 ES) v zvezi s tržnimi monopoli nacionalnega značaja, 3 glede na povezane določbe členov 86 in 90(1) Pogodbe ES (po spremembi postala člena 82 ES in 86(1) ES) v zvezi z zlorabo prevladu- - jočega položaja podjetja, imetnika izključne pravice, 4in glede na direktivi 77/504/EGS 5ter 87/328/EGS 6 o čistopasemskem plemenskem govedu, 7je v obravnavanem primeru
By this action, an application under Article 226 EC brought by the Commission of the European Communities against the French Republic, the Court of Justice is once again asked to consider, in the light of Community law, the French legislation on the artificial reproduction of cattle, a major feature of which is the regional monopoly on services accorded to centres authorised to carry out the insemination of female bovine animals. 2
Sodi�če je v tem postopku, katerega predmet je tožba Komisije Evropskih skupnosti, vložena proti Francoski republiki na podlagi člena 226 ES, vnovič pozvano, naj glede na pravni red Skupnosti preuči francosko zakonodajo v zvezi z umetnim osemenjevanjem goveda, za katero je značilno zlasti, da vzpostavlja monopol na področju storitev osemenjevanja te živalske vrste, podeljen uradno odobrenim sredi�čem na regijski podlagi.
In fact, the Commission asks the Court to declare that, by reserving solely to insemination centres authorised in France exclusively the exercise of activities linked to the artificial reproduction of cattle, the French Republic has failed to fulfil the obligations which are incumbent upon it under Articles 43 EC and 49 EC.
8 Komisija namreč Sodi�ču predlaga, naj ugotovi, da tožena država članica ni izpolnila obveznosti, ki izhajajo iz navedenih dveh členov, ker je pravico do opravljanja storitev, povezanih z umetnim osemenjevanjem goveda, pridržala osemenjevalnim sredi�čem, uradno odobrenim v Franciji.
5 — Council directive of 25 July 1977 on purebred breeding animals of the bovine species (OJ 1977 L 206, p. 8).
5 – Direktiva Sveta z dne 25. julija 1977 o čistopasemskem plemenskem govedu (UL L 206, str. 8).
6 — Council directive of 18 June 1987 on the acceptance for breeding purposes of purebred breeding animals of the bovine species (OJ 1987 L 167, p. 54).
6 – Direktiva Sveta z dne 18. junija 1987 o sprejetju čistopasemskega plemenskega goveda za pleme (UL L 167, str. 54).
7 — Gervais and Others, cited in footnote 3.
7 – Zgoraj navedena sodba Gervais in drugi.
8 — In the proceedings for a preliminary ruling which resulted in the judgment in Gervais and Others, cited in footnote 3, the Court was asked to consider whether the abovementioned legislation was compatible with the Treaty provisions on freedom of establishment and the freedom to provide services (Articles 52 and 59 of the EC Treaty, now, after amendment, Articles 43 EC and 49 EC). The Court did not, however, hand down judgment in that regard, pointing out that the provisions in question could not apply in that case, since the situations at issue in the main proceedings were purely internal to a Member State.
2 – Pojasnim naj, da bom, zato da bi kar najbolj zvesto sledil terminologiji, uporabljeni v zadevnih francoskih predpi - sih – ki razlikujejo med „mise en place“ in „insémination“, pri čemer s slednjim izrazom označujejo �ir�i pojem –, v teh sklepnih predlogih uporabljal izraz „osemenjevanje“ za postopek vnosa semena, odvzetega bikom, v genitalni trakt samice iste živalske vrste, medtem ko bom z izrazom „oplojevanje“, ki bi lahko bil razumljen kot sopomenka prvemu, označeval vse dejavnosti, povezane s prirejo goveda z umetnimi postopki, torej skupaj z dejavnostjo pridelave tega materiala.
2 — Let me immediately make it clear that, in order to adhere as closely as possible to the terminology employed in the relevant French legislation — which sometimes distinguishes between ‘mise en place’ and ‘insémination’, giving the latter term a wider significance — in this Opinion, I shall use the term ‘insemination’ to refer to the placing of the semen extracted from male bovine animals into the genital apparatus of female bovine animals, and the term ‘reproduction’ (which could be used as a synonym), in what is in fact a broader sense, to refer generally to the whole range of activities involved in the reproduction of cattle by artificial means, including, therefore, the activities involved in the production of that semen.
8 – Tudi v postopku za predhodno odločanje, zaključenem z zgoraj navedeno sodbo Gervais in drugi, je bilo Sodi�če pozvano, naj odgovori na vpra�anje v zvezi s skladno -stjo navedene ureditve z določbami Pogodbe ES o pravici do ustanavljanja in svobodi opravljanja storitev (člena 52 in 59 Pogodbe ES, po spremembi postala člena 43 ES in 49 ES). Vendar Sodi�če na to vpra�anje ni odgovorilo, ker je ugotovilo, da te določbe v obravnavanem primeru niso bile upo�tevne, saj so bili položaji, ki so bili predmet glavnega postopka, le notranje narave.
In the course of the proceedings, the French Republic amended the legislative system challenged by the Commission, and removed from it the elements forming the subjectmatter of the complaints made by the Commission in this action.
Francoska republika je med postopkom spremenila sporno zakonodajo, tako da je iz nje izločila tiste vidike, ki so predmet očitkov, navedenih v obravnavani tožbi Komisije.
The French Government states, however, that the purpose of the amendments made to the legislation was not to bring the domestic legal order into line with the obligations deriving from Articles 43 EC and 49 EC, but simply to adjust it to reflect the changed requirements of the sector.
Vendar francoska vlada poudarja, da spremembe, ki jih je uvedla na zakonski ravni, niso bile sprejete zato, da bi svoj notranji pravni red uskladila z obveznostmi, izhajajočimi iz členov 43 ES in 49 ES, temveč le zato, da bi ga prilagodila glede na spremenjene potrebe sektorja.
The French Government contends that the previous regime was not incompatible with Community law in the ways which the Commission alleges.
Francoska vlada namreč trdi, da tudi predhodna ureditev – v nasprotju s trditvami Komisije – ni vsebovala vidikov, ki ne bi bili v skladu s pravom Skupnosti.
The purpose of these proceedings is, therefore, to establish a failure to fulfil obligations, denied by the French Republic, and which in any case no longer exists.
V tem postopku je torej treba ugotoviti, ali država članica z ravnanjem, ki ji je očitano, ni izpolnila obveznosti, čeprav so bili razlogi za očitke medtem odpravljeni.
11 — JORF of 23 December 2006, p. 19479.
18620.11 – JORF z dne 23. decembra 2006, str. 19479.
12 — Law concerning the Legislative Part of (new) Book VI of the Rural Code (JORF of 9 July 1998, p. 10458).
12 – Zakon o zakonodajnem delu (nove) VI. knjige kmetijskega zakonika (JORF z dne 9. julija 1998, str. 10458).
13 — JORF of 29 December 1966, p. 11619.
13 – JORF z dne 29. decembra 1966, str. 11619.
14 — Decree concerning the Regulatory Part of Book VI of the Rural Code and amending the Regulatory Part of Books II and III of that code (JORF of 6 September 2003, p. 15405).
14 – Dekret o delu izvedbenih predpisov VI. knjige kmetijskega zakonika, s katerim sta bila spremenjena dela izvedbenih predpisov II. in III. knjige tega zakonika (JORF z dne 6. septembra 2003, str. 15405).
9 — JORF of 5 January 2006, p.
9 – JORF z dne 5. januarja 2006, str. 229.
— the Decree of the Minister for Agriculture of 17 April 1969 on permits to operate artificial reproduction centres, 16 as amended by the Decree of the Minister for Agriculture of 12 November 1969 17and the Decree of the Minister for Agriculture and Forests of 24 January 1989; 18 by one and the same centre.
– dekret ministra za kmetijstvo z dne 17. aprila 1969 o dovoljenjih za opravljanje dejavnosti sredi�č za umetno oplojevanje, 16kakor je bil spremenjen z dekretom ministra za kmetijstvo z dne 12. novembra 1969 17ter z dekretom ministra za kmetijstvo in gozdove z dne 24. januarja 1989; 18 pridelavo semenskega materiala, in centri, ki izvajajo osemenjevanje, vendar lahko oboji opravljajo obe dejavnosti.
Production activities involve the maintenance of a stock of male breeding animals, testing of those breeding animals, and also the collection, processing, conservation and supply of the semen.
Dejavnost pridelave obsega rejo določenega �tevila plemenjakov in njihovo testiranje ter zbiranje, obdelavo, shranjevanje in prodajo semenskega materiala.
Insemination activities involve the insemination of females using the semen supplied by the production centres (Article R.* 653-103 of the Rural Code).
Dejavnost osemenjevanja obsega postopke, potrebne za oploditev samic s semenskim materialom, ki ga zagotovijo sredi�ča za pridelavo (člen R.*653-103 kmetijskega zakonika).
— the Decree of the Minister for Agriculture and Forests of 21 November 1991 on the training of artificial insemin ators and centre managers and the award of the relevant licences, 19as amended by the Decree of the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of 30 May 1997; 20
– dekret ministra za kmetijstvo in gozdove z dne 21. novembra 1991 o izobraževanju osemenjevalcev in vodij sredi�č ter o izdaji dovoljenj, 19kakor je bil spremenjen z dekretom ministra za kmetijstvo, ribi�tvo in prehrano z dne 30. maja 1997; 20
Authorisation to open and operate an artificial insemination centre may be accorded to natural or legal persons.
Dovoljenje za začetek in opravljanje dejavnosti sredi�ča za umetno oplojevanje lahko pridobijo fizične ali pravne osebe.
For the purposes of the issuing of that authorisation, no distinction is made between French citizens and citizens of other Member States of the Community (Article 1 of the Decree of 17 April 1969, as amended).
Predpisi v zvezi z izdajanjem dovoljenj ne določajo nobenih razlik med francoskimi državljani in državljani drugih držav članic Skupnosti (člen 1 dekreta z dne 17. aprila 1969 z nadaljnjimi spremembami).
— the Decree of the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries of 27 December 2000 on the insemination of bovine animals by breeders. 21
– dekret ministra za kmetijstvo in ribi�tvo z dne 27. decembra 2000 o osemenjevanju goveda, ki ga izvajajo rejci. 21
Each artificial insemination centre (hereinafter: ‘AIC’) serves an area, determined by the measure authorising it, within which it alone is authorised to operate.
Vsako osemenjevalno sredi�če (v nadaljevanju: OS) oskrbuje in opravlja dejavnost le znotraj območja, opredeljenega v odločbi o izdaji dovoljenja.
Breeders located within the area of activity of an AIC may, however, ask the latter to supply semen from production centres of their own choosing (Article L. 653-7 of the Rural Code).
Vendar lahko rejci, ki spadajo v območje, za katero je pristojno določeno OS, zahtevajo, naj jim to zagotovi semenski material drugih sredi�č za pridelavo, ki jih sami izberejo (člen L.653-7 kmetijskega zakonika).
On the basis of that legislation, as described by the French Government, the operation of artificial reproduction centres for cattle is subject to ministerial authorisation (Article L. 653-5 of the Rural Code).
Iz te zakonodaje, povzete po seznamu, ki ga je predložila francoska vlada, izhaja, da so lahko sedi�ča za umetno oplojevanje goveda lahko opravljala dejavnost na podlagi dovoljenja, ki ga je izdalo ministrstvo (člen L.653-5 kmetijskega zakonika).
A distinction is made between centres responsible for producing the semen and centres which carry out insemination, although both types of activity may be carried out
Predpisi sicer razlikujejo med centri, odgovornimi za
16 — JORF of 30 April 1969, p.
16 – JORF z dne 30. aprila 1969, str. 4349.17 – JORF z dne 19. novembra 1969, str.
11256.18 — JORF of 31 January 1989, p.
11256.18 – JORF z dne 31. januarja 1989, str.
1469.19 — JORF of 6 December 1991, p.
1469.19 – JORF z dne 6. decembra 1991, str.
15936.20 — JORF of 1 June 1997, p.
15936.20 – JORF z dne 1. junija 1997, str.
8791.21 — JORF of 27 January 2001, p. 1477.
8791.21 – JORF z dne 27. januarja 2001, str. 1477.
Any economic operator other than an AIC which imports semen from another Member State of the European Community is required to deliver that semen to a production centre or AIC of its own choosing (Article 10 of the Decree of 17 April 1969, as amended). The
Vsi gospodarski subjekti, ki nimajo statusa OS in ki uvažajo semenski material iz drugih držav članic Evropske unije, morajo ta material izročiti enemu izmed sredi�č za pridelavo ali odobrenemu OS, ki ga sami izberejo (člen 10 dekreta z dne 17. aprila 1969 z
For operators who are not AIC employees, in particular selfemployed veterinary surgeons, that certificate is issued on conclusion of an agreement between the director of the AIC and the person concerned, which must set out the technical, administrative and financial conditions in which that person will carry out insemination in accordance with the applicable legislation (Article 2 of the Decree of 21 November 1991, as amended).
Osebe, ki niso zaposlene pri OS, zlasti veterinarji, ki opravljajo samostojno poklicno dejavnost, lahko tak�no dovoljenje pridobijo na podlagi pogodbe, ki jo sklenejo s predsednikom OS, v kateri morajo biti opredeljene tehnične, administrativne in finančne zahteve, ki jih bo moral osemenjevalec v skladu z upo�tevno zakonodajo izpolnjevati pri opravljanju storitev osemenjevanja (člen 2 dekreta z dne 21. novembra 1991 z nadaljnjimi spremembami).
semen must be conserved in a store placed under the responsibility of a licensed centre manager; in the case of AICs, this may be the ‘main’ store or one of the ‘secondary’ stores distributed throughout the territory assigned to the AIC, and these secondary stores may also be located within an agricultural undertaking (Article 7 of the Decree of 17 April 1969, as amended).
nadaljnjimi spremembami). Semenski material mora biti shranjen v skladi�ču, za katero je odgovoren vodja sredi�ča z ustrezno licenco; OS ima lahko „glavno“ skladi�če in „pomožna“ skladi�ča, razporejena po ozemlju, za katero je pristojno, ki so lahko organizirana tudi znotraj kmetijskega podjetja (člen 7 dekreta z dne 17. aprila 1969 z nadaljnjimi spremembami).
For health reasons, however, semen originating in another authorised AIC or another Member State, or directly imported from a third State must pass through the AIC’s main store: the semen is delivered for storage to the AIC, which then forwards it to the secondary store for which it is intended (Article 6 of the Decree of 27 December 2000).
Vendar mora biti iz sanitarnih razlogov semenski material, ki prihaja iz drugega odobrenega OS, ali iz druge države članice, ali ki je neposredno uvožen iz tretje države, vselej najprej izročen glavnemu skladi�ču: po prevzemu ga OS po�lje v namembno pomožno skladi�če (člen 6 dekreta z dne 27. decembra 2000).
Insemination may be carried out only by holders of an AIC manager’s licence or an inseminator’s licence, under the authority of an authorised and territorially competent AIC and subject to the technical responsibility of the AIC manager (Articles L. 653-4 and R* 653-102 of the Rural Code, and Article 1 of the Decree of 21 November 1991, as amended).
Postopek osemenjevanja lahko izvajajo le osebe z licenco za opravljanje funkcije vodje OS ali z licenco za osemenjevalca, ki opravlja te storitve pod nadzorom uradno odobrenega OS, pristojnega za določeno območje, ter strokovno odgovornostjo vodje OS (člena L.653-4 in R*653102 kmetijskega zakonika ter člen 1 dekreta z dne 21. novembra 1991 z nadaljnjimi spremembami).
22An inseminator’s licence is issued by the Prefect on submission of a certificate confirming that the person concerned is qualified for the post of inseminator for the species concerned,
22Licence za osemenjevalce izdaja prefekt, in sicer na podlagi spričevala
22 — We may leave aside, for the purposes of these proceedings, those provisions which, under certain conditions, allow breeders themselves to carry out insemination on the livestock which they have raised (in such circumstances, this is not a service provided to third parties), as well as those provisions which permit veterinarians, who are not in possession of an inseminator’s licence, to carry out insemination, exceptionally and for therapeutic reasons, on animals in their care (as these are clearly marginal instances of derogation).
22 – Za namene tega postopka lahko izpustimo določbe, na podlagi katerih se pod določenimi pogoji dopu�ča, da rejci sami izvedejo postopek osemenjevanja svoje živine (v tem primeru ne gre za storitev tretje osebe), in tiste, na podlagi katerih se izjemoma dopu�ča, da osemenitev opravijo veterinarji – čeprav nimajo licence – iz terapevtskih razlogov, to je v okviru zdravljenja obolelih živali (jasno je, da se te okoli�čine ne pojavljajo pogosto).
The measures adopted by the French authorities in 2006 substantially changed that legislative framework, as of 1 January 2007.
Z odločbami, ki so jih francoski organi sprejeli leta 2006, je bil z dnem njihove uveljavitve, to je s 1. januarjem 2007, opisani zakonodajni okvir korenito spremenjen.
In particular, the system whereby the AICs were accorded exclusive rights over a defined geographical area was abolished and replaced by a system which permits, subject to a declaration by the competent authority, the public artificial insemination of ruminants, in any part of French territory by operators holding an animal health certificate (agrément) functioning as a collection or storage centre for semen, or by inseminators holding a certificate qualifying them to carry out artificial insemination issued by an assessment centre approved by the Minister for Agriculture.
Zlasti so bili razveljavljeni predpisi, ki so določali geografsko opredeljeno izključno pravico v korist odobrenih OS, nadomestila pa jih je ureditev, ki omogoča, da storitev osemenjevanja s semenskim materialom, pridobljenim v javnih vzrejali�čih, na katerem koli predelu francoskega ozemlja izvajajo gospodarski subjekti, ki jim je bilo izdano sanitarno dovoljenje (agrément) za opravljanje dejavnosti sredi�č zbiranja ali sredi�č za shranjevanje semenskega materiala, oziroma strokovnjaki za osemenjevanje, ki jim je organ za presojo, imenovan s strani ministra za kmetijstvo, izdal spričevalo o usposobljenosti za opravljanje storitev v zvezi z osemenjevanjem.
‘For the purposes of contributing to land planning and maintaining genetic diversity’, a universal service for the distribution of semen and insemination has been introduced, and is provided by operators selected on the basis of invitations to tender, and authorised, for fixed periods, to operate within one or more geographical
„Z namenom prispevanja k prostorskemu načrtovanju in ohranjanja genetske raznovrstnosti“ je bila vzpostavljena splo�na storitev distribucije semenskega materiala in osemenjevanja, ki jo izvajajo subjekti, izbrani na javnem razpisu in za določen čas poobla�čeni
COMMISSION v FRANCE areas.
KOMISIJA PROTI FRANCIJI za eno ali več območij.
Now that the exclusive rights over a defined geographical area in favour of the authorised AICs have been abolished, the requirement to deliver the semen to and store it at the territorially competent AIC has also ceased to exist.
Z ukinitvijo izključne pravice za posamezna območja, ki so jo pred tem imela odobrena OS, je bila ukinjena tudi obveznost izročanja in shranjevanja semenskega materiala pri območno pristojnih OS.
III — Procedure and forms of order sought or inseminator’s licence; that the exclusive rights over a defined geographical area in favour of the AICs did not cover the distribution of the semen, but only insemination; that these exclusive rights were justified by objectives in the public interest — pertaining to health, the improvement and preservation of bovine stock and land-use planning — and took proper account of the principle of proportionality; that the system of inseminator’s licences was also justified by objectives in the public interest — namely, protecting the health and well-being of animals, protecting the health of persons carrying out the insemination and bovine stock and also product traceability — and was consistent with the principle of proportionality.
III – Postopek in predlogi strank članic; da se geografsko določena izključna pravica v korist OS ni nana�ala na distribucijo semenskega materiala, temveč le na postopek osemenjevanja; da so navedeno izključno pravico upravičevali cilji splo�nega interesa – varovanje zdravja, izbolj�anje in ohranjanje genetskega bogastva goveda ter prostorsko načrtovanje – in da je bila upo�tevana v skladu z načelom sorazmernosti; da so tudi ureditev izdajanja licenc za osemenjevalca upravičevali cilji splo�nega intere- sa – varstvo zdravja in dobrobiti živali, zdravja oseb, ki izvajajo postopke osemenjevanja, genetskega bogastva goveda ter sledljivost proizvodov – in da je bila skladna z načelom sorazmernosti.
On 3 April 2003, prompted by a complaint made by an undertaking operating in the sphere of the artificial reproduction of cattle, the Commission sent the French Republic a letter of formal notice alleging that the latter had infringed Articles 43 EC and 49 EC because of the obstacles to freedom of establishment and to the freedom to provide services caused in that sphere by, on the one hand, the geographical monopoly conferred on authorised AICs to distribute semen and carry out insemination and, on the other, by the restrictive and discretionary conditions for the issuing of inseminators’ licences.
Komisija je 3. aprila 2003 na podlagi prijave podjetja, ki opravlja dejavnost v sektorju umetnega oplojevanja goveda, Francoski republiki poslala uradni opomin, v katerem je državi članici očitala kr�itev členov 43 ES in 49 ES zaradi oviranja pravice do ustanavljanja in svobodnega opravljanja storitev v navedenem sektorju, ki je posledica, prvič, geografskega monopola na področju storitev distribucije semenskega materiala in osemenjevanja, ki ga je država članica dodelila odobrenim OS, in drugič, omejevalnih in diskriminatornih pogojev za pridobitev licence za osemenjevalca.