Case C-442/05

Fecha: 10-Jul-2007

(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof (Germany)) (Taxation – Sixth VAT Directive – Article 4(5) – Annex D(2) – ‘Supply of water’ – Article 12(3)(a) – Reduced rate – Annex H, Category 2 – ‘Water supplies’) 1.This reference for a preliminary ruling under Article 234EC concerns the interpretation of the terms ‘supply of water’ u...

Case C-451/06

Fecha: 18-Jul-2007

2.At the material time in the main proceedings, VAT was harmonised by the Sixth Directive,(2) Article 13B of which provided, inter alia: ‘Without prejudice to other Community provisions, Member States shall exempt the following under conditions which they shall lay down for the purpose of ensuring the correct and straightforward application of the ...

Case C-55/06

Fecha: 18-Jul-2007

(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Köln (Administrative Court, Cologne) (Germany)) (Telecommunications – Local loop access) 1.The background to the case which gave rise to the present referral from the Verwaltungsgericht Köln (Administrative Court, Cologne) (Germany) may be summarised as follows: according to Community ...

Case C‑137/05

Fecha: 10-Jul-2007

(Council Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 of 13 December 2004 on standards for security features and biometrics in passports and travel documents issued by Member States – Passports and travel documents – Standards for security features and biometrics in passports and travel documents issued by Member States – Application for annulment – Validity of Re...

Case C‑150/10

Fecha: 01-Jul-2007

(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de première instance de Bruxelles (Belgium)) (Agriculture – Common organisation of the markets – Sugar – Nature and scope of transitional quotas allocated to an undertaking engaged in the production of sugar – Possibility for an undertaking receiving restructuring aid for the marketing year 2006...

(Case C‑155/06

Fecha: 18-Jul-2007

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 96/29/Euratom – Protection of the health of workers and the general public against the dangers from ionising radiation – Failure to transpose fully within the prescribed period Actions for failure to fulfil obligations – Examination of merits by the Court – Situation to be taken into consi...

Case C‑167/05

Fecha: 18-Jul-2007

(Alcoholic beverages – Different tax treatment of wine and beer) 1.The present case concerns an action which the Commission has brought against the Kingdom of Sweden under Article 226 EC, seeking a declaration that the Kingdom of Sweden has failed to fulfil its obligations under the second paragraph of Article 90 EC by applying a system of internal...

Case C‑194/06

Fecha: 03-Jul-2007

(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands)) (Free movement of capital – Taxation of dividends – Exemption from tax of dividends from shares in companies established in the Member State – Concession in respect of tax deducted at source on dividends from shares in companies established in another Member State...

Case C‑240/06

Fecha: 05-Jul-2007

(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein hallinto‑oikeus (Finland)) (Directive 69/335/EEC – Indirect taxes on the raising of capital – Capital duty – Tax on the transfer of shares) 1.In this reference for a preliminary ruling, the Korkein hallinto-oikeus (Finnish Supreme Administrative Court) asks the Court to give a ruling on whether A...

(Case C‑26/07

Fecha: 18-Jul-2007

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 2004/80/EC – Compensation to crime victims – Failure to transpose within the period prescribed Actions for failure to fulfil obligations – Examination of merits by the Court – Situation to be taken into consideration – Situation on expiry of the period laid down in the reasoned opinion (Ar...

Case C‑275/06

Fecha: 18-Jul-2007

(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Mercantil No 5 de Madrid (Spain)) (Information society – Copyright and related rights – Data protection – Communication of traffic data) I–Introduction 1.This case illustrates that the storage of data for specified purposes creates the desire to use those data more extensively. In Spain, pr...

Case C‑280/06

Fecha: 03-Jul-2007

(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy)) (Competition – Article 81EC – Agreement on the sale price of cigarettes – Attribution of cartel offences in case of succession to undertaking – Personal responsibility – Economic continuity – Reference by national competition law to Community law) I–Introduction 1.Under what c...

Case C‑291/05

Fecha: 05-Jul-2007

(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State (Netherlands)) (Free movement of persons – Right of residence – Migrant worker returning to his State of origin – Right of a migrant worker’s daughter, who is a third-country national, to reside in her father’s State of origin when he returns to his home country – Regulation (EEC) No 1612/...

Case C‑294/06

Fecha: 18-Jul-2007

(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, Civil Division) (EEC-Turkey Association Agreement – Article 6(1) of Decision No 1/80 of the EEC-Turkey Association Council – Concept of worker duly registered as belonging to the labour force of a Member State – Turkish nationals working as au pairs – Turkish nationa...

Case C‑300/06

Fecha: 10-Jul-2007

(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Germany)) (Social policy – Equality for men and women – Public-sector teachers – Overtime pay for part-time workers – Indirect discrimination – Verification criteria) 1.The Bundesverwaltungsgericht (German Federal Administrative Court) has referred a question to the Court for a ...

Case C‑314/06

Fecha: 18-Jul-2007

(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de Cassation – France) (Excise duties – Directive 92/12/EEC– Transport under tax suspension arrangements – Exemption from tax – Losses attributable to fortuitious events or force majeure – Leakage of fuel from an oil pipeline) I–Introduction 1.The main proceedings before the French Cour de Cassation...

(Case C‑317/06

Fecha: 05-Jul-2007

Failure of Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 2002/14/EC – Informing and consulting employees in the European Community – Failure to transpose within the period prescribed Actions for failure to fulfil obligations – Examination of merits by the Court – Situation to be taken into consideration – Situation on expiry of the period laid dow...

(Case C‑327/05

Fecha: 05-Jul-2007

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 85/374/EEC – Liability for defective products – Liability of the supplier for a defective product Actions for failure to fulfil obligations – Examination of merits by the Court – Situation to be taken into consideration – Situation on expiry of the period laid down in the reasoned opinion ...

Case C‑337/05

Fecha: 10-Jul-2007

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Public supply contracts – Directives 93/36/EEC and 77/62/EEC – Award of contracts without prior publication of a notice – Agusta and Agusta Bell helicopters – Article 296 EC – Products intended for specifically military purposes) 1.In the present action, brought pursuant to Article 226 EC, the ...

(Case C‑340/06

Fecha: 05-Jul-2007

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 2003/4/EC – Public access to environmental information – Failure to transpose within the period prescribed Actions for failure to fulfil obligations – Examination of merits by the Court – Situation to be taken into consideration – Situation on expiry of the period laid down in the reasoned...