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(2) order the Commission to pay the costs.
Komisiji naloži plačilo stro�kov.
(1) declare that, by prohibiting pursuant to Article 2(1) of Decree-Law No 40/2003 of 11 March 2003 the affixing of tinted film to the windows of motor vehicles, the Portuguese Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 28 EC and 30 EC and under Articles 11 and 13 of the EEA Agreement, as that prohibition hinders the marketing in Portugal of tinted film lawfully manufactured and/or marketed in another Member State or in a State signatory to the EEA Agreement;
1) ugotovi, da Portugalska republika, s tem da je s členom 2(1) DL 40/2003 z dne 11. marca 2003 prepovedala pritrjevanje barvnih folij na stekla motornih vozil, ni izpolnila obveznosti iz členov 28 ES in 30 ES ter členov 11 in 13 Sporazuma EGP, ker ta prepoved preprečuje, da bi se na Portugalskem prodajale barvne folije, ki so se v drugi državi članici ali državi podpisnici Sporazuma EGP proizvedle in/ali prodajale v skladu s predpisi; republiki naloži plačilo
After receipt of the Commission’s reply of 21 November 2006 and the Portuguese Government’s rejoinder of 5 February 2007, the written stage of the procedure was concluded.
Po vložitvi replike Komisije z dne 21. novembra 2006 in duplike portugalske vlade z dne 5. februarja 2007 se je pisni postopek zaključil.
By way of measures of organisation of procedure, the Court asked the parties two questions, which they have answered.
Sodi�če je v okviru pripravljalnih ukrepov strankama zastavilo dve vpra�anji, na kateri sta ti odgovorili.
At the hearing on 7 November 2007, the representatives of the Commission and of the Portuguese Government confirmed their respective positions.
Zastopnika Komisije in portugalske vlade sta svoja stali�ča predstavila na ustni obravnavi z dne 7. novembra 2007.
are necessary and proportionate with regard to the aim pursued in so far as those rules are capable of hindering trade between the Member States, directly or indirectly, actually or potentially.
njihova ureditev glede na zasledovani cilj nujna in sorazmerna, če bi lahko neposredno ali posredno, dejansko ali potencialno omejevala trgovino med njimi.
V — Main arguments of the parties
V – Bistvene trditve strank
The Commission takes the view that the Portuguese Republic has failed to provide the appropriate information, in the form of studies, reports or statistics, to allow it to be concluded that restrictions on the free movement of goods such as the contested measure are justified on the grounds set out in Article 30 EC and Article 13 of the EEA Agreement or for overriding reasons relating to the public interest and that the use of tinted film, irrespective of its colour and properties, in particular as regards light transmission, constitutes a threat to public policy and/or road safety.
Komisija meni, da Portugalska republika ni predložila primernih podatkov – npr. �tudij, poročil ali statistik –, na podlagi katerih bi bilo glede na obravnavani primer mogoče zaključiti, da so omejitve prostega pretoka blaga, kakr�ne so sporne omejitve, utemeljene z razlogi, navedenimi v členu 30 ES in členu 11 Sporazuma EGP, ali z nujnimi razlogi v javnem interesu, in da uporaba barvne folije ne glede na barvo in lastnosti, zlasti kar zadeva prepustnost svetlobe, pomeni nevarnost za javni red in/ali varnost cestnega prometa.
The Commission takes the view that the contested Portuguese rule, which prohibits the affixing of tinted film to the windows of motor vehicles, constitutes a measure having equivalent effect to a quantitative restriction on imports which infringes Article 28 EC and Article 11 of the EEA Agreement, since that prohibition hinders the marketing in Portugal of tinted film lawfully manufactured and/or marketed in another Member State or in a State signatory to the EEA Agreement.
Komisija meni, da sporna portugalska ureditev, s katero je prepovedano pritrjevanje barvnih folij na stekla motornih vozil, pomeni ukrep, ki kr�i člen 28 ES in člen 11 Sporazuma EGP in ima enak učinek kot količinska omejitev pri uvozu, ker ta prepoved preprečuje, da bi se na Portugalskem prodajale barvne folije, ki so se v drugi državi članici ali državi podpisnici Sporazuma EGP proizvedle in/ali prodajale v skladu s predpisi.
It is also to be expected that potential customers, traders or individuals would also not purchase such film in the knowledge that they could not affix it to the windows of motor vehicles.
Pričakovalo bi se, da potencialne zainteresirane osebe, trgovci ali posamezniki, ki vedo, da teh folij ne smejo pritrditi na stekla motornih vozil, folij tudi ne bi kupili.
The Commission acknowledges that in the absence of rules on harmonisation at Community level it is for the Member States to decide the extent to which they wish to ensure the protection of road traffic safety in their national territory.
Priznava, da so zaradi neobstoja uskladitvenih predpisov na ravni Skupnosti države članice pristojne odločiti, v kolik�nem obsegu želijo zagotavljati varstvo cestnega prometa na svojem državnem ozemlju.
However, they have a duty to demonstrate that their rules
Vendar pa naj bi bile države članice dolžne dokazati, da je
The Portuguese Government does not dispute the facts set out in the application.
Portugalska vlada ne izpodbija dejstev, ki so navedena v tožbi.
On the other hand, it objects to the assessment of certain facts by the Commission.
Nasprotno pa izpodbija presojo določenih dejstev, kot jo je podala Komisija.
It considers the contested prohibition to be justified because under Article 30 EC the Member States have the power to adopt the necessary rules to guarantee internal security, public policy and road safety.
Meni, da je sporna prepoved utemeljena, ker naj bi bile države članice v skladu s členom 30 ES poobla�čene za sprejetje ureditve, potrebne za zagotavljanje notranje varnosti in reda ter varnosti cestnega prometa.
The aim of the prohibition imposed by Article 2(1) of Decree-Law No 40/2003 was to ensure that the possibility of observing and identifying persons and goods inside motor vehicles is preserved.
Cilj prepovedi iz člena 2(1) DL 40/2003 naj bi bil zagotoviti, da se ohrani možnost opazovanja in prepoznavanja oseb in tovora v notranjosti motornih vozil.
To that end, it was necessary to prohibit any modification of the optical properties of the glazing in passenger vehicles or of the space occupied by persons in goods vehicles.
V ta namen naj bi bila nujna prepoved spreminjanja optičnih lastnosti zasteklitve osebnih motornih vozil oziroma prostorov v tovornih motornih vozilih, v katerih so osebe.
Community legislation forms part of the measures adopted with the aim of progressively establishing the internal market of the European Community over a period expiring on 31 December 1992 using the total-harmo-nisation method.
Skupnosti k ukrepom, ki so bili sprejeti, da bi se z uporabo postopka popolnega usklajevanja do 31. decembra 1992 postopoma dosegel enotni trg Evropske skupnosti.
The aim of that legislative initiative was to eliminate the existing differences, which could have raised barriers to trade, by introducing a harmonised procedure for component typeapproval and the accompanying harmonisation of national rules on safety glazing.
Cilj te zakonodajne pobude je bil odpraviti obstoječe razlike, ki bi lahko privedle do trgovinskih ovir, z uvedbo usklajenega postopka o odobritvi načina izdelave in s poenotenjem predpisov držav članic o varnostnih steklih, do katerega bi pri�lo s tem.
The Portuguese Government regards the contested prohibition as a measure to protect internal security.
Portugalska vlada sporno prepoved obravnava kot ukrep za ohranitev notranje varnosti.
It argues that it is important for vehicle occupants and goods in motor vehicles to be clearly visible with a view to countering and combating crime and for road safety, since it makes it easier to verify that the vehicle seats are correctly occupied and that safety belts are being used as required by the law.
Navaja, da je jasna vizualna prepoznavnost potnikov in tovora v motornem vozilu bistvena za preprečevanje in boj proti kriminalu ter varnost cestnega prometa, ker olaj�a nadzor nad pravilno zasedenostjo sedežev v vozilu in nad pravilno uporabo varnostnega pasu.
There are no less restrictive measures to ensure the attainment of the aims of internal security and road traffic safety.
Manj omejujoč ukrep, ki bi zagotavljal uresničevanje cilja notranje varnosti in varnosti cestnega prometa, naj ne bi obstajal.
With the affixing of an EEC component typeapproval mark (or an ‘EC typeapproval mark’, to use the terminology introduced by Directive 2001/92) to any type of safety glazing that conforms to the type that has been type-approved, the official testing of that type of glazing in other Member States was no longer justified.
Zaradi pritrditve oznake EGS-homolo-gacije (oziroma „oznake ES-homologacije sestavnega dela“ v skladu s terminologijo, ki jo je vpeljala Direktiva 2001/92) na vsak tip varnostnega stekla, ki je bil homologiran, naj bi uradno presku�anje tega tipa stekla v drugih državah ne bilo več upravičeno.
In addition to the aim of achieving the internal market, however, account was also to be taken of road safety requirements in view of the variety of risks the use of such glazing could give rise to.
Poleg cilja vzpostavitve notranjega trga bi bilo treba pri tem upo�tevati tudi zahteve varnosti cestnega prometa zaradi različnih tveganj, povezanih z uporabo teh stekel.
VI — Legal assessment
VI – Pravna presoja
According to the recitals in the preamble to Directive 92/22, the adoption of that
Kot je razvidno iz uvodnih izjav Direktive 92/22, spada sprejetje tega predpisa
Article 5 of Decree-Law No 40/2003 instructs the Portuguese General Directorate for Road Traffic to refuse to grant EC typeapproval to vehicle models which do not comply with the provisions of Decree-Law No 40/2003 regarding safety glazing.
Na podlagi člena 5 DL 40/2003 mora portugalski urad za cestni promet zavrniti izdajo ES-homologacije za tiste modele vozil, pri katerih niso bile upo�tevane določbe DL 40/2003 o varnostni zasteklitvi. S tem so nesporno zajete kr�itve prepovedi, da se v
In view of the fact that the grant of EC typeapproval is governed by the provisions of Directive 92/22, it would seem reasonable to start by using that Community legislation as the yardstick for assessing any possible infringement of the Treaty in the present case.
Ker izdajanje ES-homologacije urejajo določbe Direktive 92/22, se kot najočitnej�a ponuja re�itev, da se kot merilo za presojo morebitne kr�itve Pogodbe v obravnavanem sporu najprej uporabi ta predpis Skupnosti.
However, as was mentioned above, that directive applies to tinted windows, but not to tinted film.
Vendar pa temu nasprotuje okoli�čina, da se ta direktiva – kot je navedeno na zače -tku – sicer uporablja za obarvana stekla, ne pa za barvne folije.
The national measures in this field have not therefore been harmonised at Community level.
Nacionalni ukrepi, ki se nana�ajo na to področje, na ravni Skupnosti torej niso bili usklajeni.
Nevertheless, in the absence of common or harmonised rules, the Member States are required to protect the fundamental freedoms established in the Treaty, of which the free movement of goods comprises a basic principle. 10
S tem države članice glede na okoli�čino, da predpisi niso skupni ali usklajeni, ostajajo zavezane, da varujejo temeljne svobo�čine, opredeljene v Pogodbi, h katerim spada prosti pretok blaga kot eno temeljnih načel. 10
On the other hand, it is incumbent on the defendant Member State to contest substantively and in detail the information produced and the consequences thereof. 12
Prim. sodbe z dne 12. oktobra 1993 v zadevi Vanacker in Lesage (C-37/92, Recueil, str.
275, according to which a harmonisation measure restricts the Member States’ powers under Article 30 EC.
275, ki menita, da usklajevalno pravilo omejuje pooblastila držav članic, ki jih imajo na podlagi člena 30 ES.
Whilst full harmonisation prohibits them from restricting the free movement of goods, partial harmonisation gives them some margin of discretion within the limits defined by the harmonised law.
Medtem ko jim popolna uskladitev prepoveduje, da bi omejile prosti pretok blaga, pa jim delna uskladitev priznava določen manevrski prostor znotraj meja, določenih z usklajenim pravom.
10 — Under Article 3(1)(c) EC, the activities of the Euro- pean Community include an internal market characterised by the abolition, as between Member States, of obstacles to the free movement of goods.
10 – V skladu s členom 3(1)(c) ES dejavnosti Evropske skupnosti vključujejo notranji trg, za katerega je značilna odprava ovir pri med drugim prostem pretoku blaga.
Furthermore, Article 14(2) EC provides: ‘The internal market shall comprise an area without internal frontiers in which the free movement of goods … is ensured in accordance with the provisions of this Treaty’.
Dalje je v členu 14(2) ES določeno: „Notranji trg zajema območje brez notranjih meja, na katerem je v skladu z določbami te pogodbe zagotovljen prost pretok blaga […]“.
Those provisions are contained in particular in Article 28 et seq. EC.
Te določbe vsebujejo zlasti člen 28 ES in naslednji.
Article 1(1) of the EEA Agreement provides that its aim is ‘to promote a continuous and balanced strengthening of trade and economic relations between the Contracting Parties with equal conditions of competition, and the respect of the same rules, with a view to creating a homogeneous European Economic Area’.
I-6959, točka 24 in naslednje). Cilj Sporazuma EGP je v skladu z njegovim členom 1(1) „z enakimi pogoji konkurence in spo�tovanjem istih pravil spodbujati stalno in uravnoteženo krepitev trgovinskih in ekonomskih odnosov med pogodbenicami, da bi ustvarili homogen Evropski gospodarski prostor“.
Under Article 1(2)(a), in order to attain those objectives, the association is to entail inter alia the free movement of goods.
V skladu s členom (1)(2)(b) združenje za doseganje teh ciljev med drugim zajema prost pretok blaga.
That area is regulated by the provisions laid down in Article 8 et seq.
To področje je urejeno v skladu z določbami iz člena 8 in naslednjih.
See the judgment of the EFTA Court in Case E-1/94 Restamark [1994-1995] EFTA Court Report 14, paragraph 46 et seq.
V tem smislu prim. sodbo sodi�ča EFTA z dne 16. decembra 1994 v zadevi Restamark (E-1/94, 1994–1995 EFTA Court Report, 14, točka 46 in naslednje).
12 — Case 272/86 Commission v Greece [1988] ECR 4875, paragraph 21.
12 – Sodba z dne 22. septembra 1988 v zadevi Komisija proti Grčiji (272/86, Recueil, 4875, točka 21).
B — Restriction on the free movement of goods between the Member States, what is essential is its effect on intra-Community trade, whether actual or potential. 15
B – Omejitev prostega pretoka blaga vino med državami članicami, je odločilen njegov učinek – dejanski ali potencialni – na trgovanje v Skupnosti. 15
The free movement of goods is guaranteed in particular by the prohibition of quantitative restrictions on imports and all measures having equivalent effect between the Member States of the European Community under Article 28 EC.
Prosti pretok blaga se zagotavlja predvsem s prepovedjo količinskih omejitev pri uvozu ter z vsemi ukrepi z enakim učinkom med državami članicami Evropske skupnosti v skladu s členom 28 ES.
Article 11 of the EEA Agreement is identical to that provision of Community law in terms of its legislative content. 13
Člen 11 Sporazuma EGP je vsebinsko enak tej določbi prava Skupnosti. 13
Assessing all the facts submitted to the Court, there can be no doubt, in my opinion, that the contested prohibition in Article 2(1) of Decree-Law No 40/2003 constitutes a measure having equivalent effect within the meaning of that definition.
Po presoji navedb, predloženih Sodi�ču, s tega vidika ne more biti dvoma o tem, da sporna prepoved iz člena 2(1) DL 40/2003 pomeni ukrep z enakim učinkom v smislu te definicije.
Even if such a prohibition is applicable without distinction and is thus not discriminatory in nature, it is essentially aimed towards and capable of hindering or even making impossible the marketing in Portugal of tinted film lawfully manufactured and/or marketed in another Member State or in a State signatory to the EEA Agreement.
Taka prepoved je namreč – čeprav se uporablja brez razlikovanja in s tem ni diskriminatorna – tako glede na naravnanost kot tudi glede učinka taka, da lahko na Portugalskem ovira ali celo onemogoči trgovino z barvnimi folijami, ki so se v drugi državi članici ali državi podpisnici Sporazuma EGP proizvedle in/ali prodajale v skladu s predpisi.
According to the established caselaw of the Court, the prohibition of measures having equivalent effect to restrictions which is set out in Article 28 EC covers all rules enacted by the Member States which are capable of hindering, directly or indirectly, actually or potentially, intra-Community trade.
V skladu z ustaljeno sodno prakso se prepoved ukrepov z enakim učinkom, kot ga imajo omejitve, navedene v členu 28 ES, nana�a na vse predpise držav članic, ki bi lahko neposredno ali posredno, dejansko ali potencialno ovirali trgovino znotraj Skupnosti.
14Even if a measure is not intended to regulate trade
14 Tudi če namen ukrepa ni urejati trgo-
13 — See the judgments of the EFTA Court in Restamark (cited in footnote 10), paragraph 46, and in Case E-6/96 Tore Willemsen [1997] EFTA Court Report 3, paragraph 43, according to which Article 11 of the EEA Agreement and Article 28 EC are identical in substance.
13 – Prim. sodbi sodi�ča EFTA z dne 16. decembra 1994 v zadevi Restamark (E-1/94, 1994–1995 EFTA Court Report, 14, točka 46) in z dne 27. junija 1997 v zadevi Tore Willemsen (E-6/96, 1997 EFTA Court Report, 3, točka 43), iz katerih izhaja, da je člen 11 Sporazuma EGP vsebinsko enak členu 28 ES.
See also Case C-143/06 Ludwigs-Apotheke [2007] ECR I-9623, paragraph 43, according to which ‘the rules regarding restrictions on the free movement of goods set out in Articles 11 and 13 of that agreement are essentially identical to those laid down by Articles 28 EC and 30 EC’.
Glej tudi sodbo Sodi�ča z dne 8. novembra 2007 v zadevi Ludwigs-Apotheke (C-143/06, ZOdl., str. I-9623, točka 42), iz katere izhaja, da „so pravila o omejevanju prostega pretoka blaga iz členov 11 in 13 tega sporazuma v bistvu taka kot pravila, ki jih določata člena 28 ES in 30 ES“.
The Portuguese Government recognises that such a prohibition has the effect of placing the trade in Portugal in the tinted film in question at a disadvantage or making it less favourable than during the period prior to the entry into force of Decree-Law No 40/2003.
Portugalska vlada priznava, da tovrstna prepoved učinkuje tako, da je trgovanje s spornimi barvnimi folijami na Portugalskem v slab�em položaju oziroma da je urejeno manj ugodno, kot je bilo v času pred uveljavitvijo DL 40/2003.
The restrictive nature of that provision is not therefore disputed.
Omejujoč značaj te ureditve torej ni sporen.
15 — See point 39 of the Opinion of Advocate General Mazák in Case C-254/05 Commission v Belgium [2007] ECR I-4269.
15 – Glej točko 39 sklepnih predlogov generalnega pravobranilca Mazáka z dne 8. februarja 2007 v zadevi Komisija proti Belgiji (C-254/05, sodba z dne 7. junija 2007, ZOdl., str. I-4269).
Consequently, the contested prohibition is capable of closing all sales channels to manufacturers and dealers.
Sporna prepoved lahko zato zapre vse distribucijske kanale proizvajalcev in trgovcev.
In fact, a comprehensive prohibition like that provided for in Article 2(1) of Decree-Law No 40/2003 is liable to deter potential buyers from buying, and not only from simply using, such tinted film.
Dejansko lahko splo�na prepoved, kot je določena v členu 2(1) DL 40/2003, potencialne kupce odvrne že od samega nakupa in ne �ele od uporabe tovrstnih barvnih folij.
As the Commission rightly states, it is realistically to be expected that potential customers, including traders and private users, will refrain from purchasing such film in the knowledge that they may not affix the film to the windows of motor vehicles. 16
Kot pravilno navaja Komisija, se z vidika bolj življenjske presoje namreč lahko pričakuje, da potencialne zainteresirane osebe, med katerimi so prodajalci ali zasebni uporabniki tovrstnih folij, slednjih ne bodo kupili, ker vedo, da jih ne smejo pritrditi na stekla motornih vozil. 16
The objection raised by the Portuguese Government that because the Portuguese State subsequently abandoned that prohibition there is no longer any legal restriction capable of hindering trade in such tinted film in Portugal must be rejected.
Zavrniti je treba očitek portugalske vlade, da zaradi poznej�e odprave prepovedi s strani Portugalske ni več nikakr�ne zakonske omejitve, ki bi na Portugalskem ovirala trgovino s tovrstnimi barvnimi folijami.
Admittedly, it is true that the Portuguese Republic was initially prepared to comply with the demand made by the Commission in the reasoned opinion for the repeal of that prohibition when it decided to convert the draft decree laying down technical rules concerning the affixing of tinted film to the windows of motor vehicles, 17which permitted the granting of typeapproval to such tinted film,
Res je sicer, da je bila Portugalska republika sprva pripravljena izpolniti zahtevo Komisije, naj odpravi te prepovedi, postavljeno v obrazloženem mnenju, in sicer ko je sklenila, da bo osnutek dekreta o določitvi tehničnih predpisov o pritrjevanju barvnih folij na stekla motornih vozil, 17s katerim je bila odtlej dopu�čena izdaja homologacije za take barvne folije, pretvorila v osnutek dekreta,
This applies all the more since the submissions of the parties show that there is no other possible appropriate use for the film in question, for example, on large glass areas in the home, in conservatories or in greenhouses.
To �e zlasti velja, ker presoja navedb strank pokaže, da možnost uporabe spornih folij z drugačnim namenom, npr. na velikih steklenih povr�inah v domovih, ne pride v po�tev.
According to the Commission, the film differs from the protective film normally used in the home or in buildings in general both in its material composition and in the method of its industrial manufacture.
Po podatkih Komisije se te folije od običajnih za�čitnih folij, ki se uporabljajo za dom ali na splo�no v stavbah, razlikujejo tako po materialu in sestavi kot po načinu njihove industrijske proizvodnje.
The two kinds of film also have different technical properties with respect to their form, colour and light transmission so that they cannot be regarded as interchangeable in any way.
Navedeni vrsti folij imata poleg tega drugačne tehnične lastnosti glede na obliko, barvo in prepustnost svetlobe, zaradi česar ju v nobenem primeru ni mogoče obravnavati kot zamenljivi.
This finding is not refuted by the argument put forward by the Portuguese Government, according to which it is for the manufacturer to determine its intended use in each individual case.
Trditev portugalske vlade – da mora proizvajalec za posamezen primer določiti njuno namembnost – nikakor ne ovrže te ugotovitve.
16 — See paragraph 20 of the Commission’s application.
16 – Glej točko 20 tožbe Komisije.
COMMISSION v PORTUGAL into a draft decree-law.
KOMISIJA PROTI PORTUGALSKI ki nadomesti zakon.
18 According to the Portuguese Government, by converting its legal form the measure would have the status of a law under the Portuguese legal system, as a result of which the repeal of the prohibition under Article 2(1) of Decree-Law No 40/2003 would be clearly and formally put into effect.
18Po navedbah portugalske vlade naj bi se namreč s spremembo pravne oblike zagotovilo, da se ta pravni akt znotraj portugalskega pravnega reda sprejme na ravni zakona, s čimer bi se očitno in formalno razveljavila prepoved iz člena 2(1) DL 40/2003.
As that government itself concedes, however, that proposal has not yet been implemented, since the Commission has not defined its position on the redrafted text of the contested legal provision.
Kot sicer sama priznava, je ta načrt do nadaljnjega ustavljen, dokler Komisija ne bo sprejela stali�ča glede spremenjenega besedila sporne zakonske določbe.