(Case C-203/18 Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberverwaltungsgericht für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany) lodged on 20March 2018— Deutsche Post AG, Klaus Leymann v Land Nordrhein-Westfalen
Fecha: 13-Feb-2014
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberverwaltungsgericht für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany) lodged on 20March 2018— Deutsche Post AG, Klaus Leymann v Land Nordrhein-Westfalen
(Case C-203/18)
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Oberverwaltungsgericht für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Deutsche Post AG, Klaus Leymann
Defendant: Land Nordrhein-Westfalen
Questions referred
Is the exception set out in Article13(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No561/20061 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15March 2006 as amended by Article45(2) of Regulation (EU) No165/20142 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4February 2014 to be interpreted as covering only vehicles or combinations of vehicles that are used exclusively for the purpose of delivering packages in the context of the universal service, or can it additionally be applied where the vehicles or combinations of vehicles are used, predominantly or to a degree determined in some other way, also for the purpose of delivering packages in the context of the universal service?
In the context of the exception referred to in the first question, for the purposes of assessing whether vehicles or combinations of vehicles are used exclusively or, as the case may be, predominantly or to a degree determined in some other way, also for the purpose of delivering packages in the context of the universal service, is the general use of a vehicle or combination of vehicles to be used as a basis for that assessment, or the specific use of a vehicle or combination of vehicles for a single journey?