Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (France) lodged on 8 October 2015 — Melitta France SAS and Others v Ministère de l’Écologie, du Développement durable et de l'Énergie

(Case C-530/15)

(2015/C 414/29)

Language of the case: French

Referring court

Conseil d’État

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicants: Melitta France SAS, Cofresco Frischhalteprodukte GmbH & Co. KG, Délipapier, Gopack SAS, Industrie Cartarie Tronchetti SpA, Industrie Cartarie Tronchetti Ibérica, SL, Kimberly-Clark SAS, Lucart France, Paul Hartmann AG, SCA Hygiène Products, SCA Tissue France SAS, Group’Hygiène syndicat professionnel

Defendant: Ministère de l’Écologie, du Développement durable et de l'Énergie

Question referred

The Court is asked to decide whether by including ‘roll cores’ (rolls, tubes, cylinders) around which flexible material, such as paper or plastic film, is wound and sold to consumers in the examples of packaging, Commission Directive 2013/2/EU of 7 February 2013 (1) has misconstrued the term ‘packaging’, as defined in Article 3 of Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994, (2) and exceeded the scope of the authorisation granted to the European Commission in respect of its implementing powers.

(1)  Commission Directive 2013/2/EU of 7 February 2013 amending Annex I to Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on packaging and packaging waste (OJ 2013 L 37, p. 10).

(2)  European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste (OJ 1994 L 365, p. 10).