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Judgment of the Court of 23 September 2003.#Margarethe Ospelt and Schlössle Weissenberg Familienstiftung.#Reference for a preliminary ruling: Verwaltungsgerichtshof - Austria.#Free movement of capital - Article 73b of the EC Treaty (now Article 56 EC) - Article 40 of and Annex XII to the EEA Agreement - Prior authorisation procedure for the acquisition of agricultural and forestry plots - Admissibility - Conditions.#Case C-452/01.
Judgment of the Court of 23 September 2003.
Margarethe Ospelt and Schlössle Weissenberg Familienstiftung.
Reference for a preliminary ruling: Verwaltungsgerichtshof - Austria.
Free movement of capital - Article 73b of the EC Treaty (now Article 56 EC) - Article 40 of and Annex XII to the EEA Agreement - Prior authorisation procedure for the acquisition of agricultural and forestry plots - Admissibility - Conditions.
Case C-452/01.
Judgment of the Court of 23 September 2003.
Margarethe Ospelt and Schlössle Weissenberg Familienstiftung.
Reference for a preliminary ruling: Verwaltungsgerichtshof - Austria.
Free movement of capital - Article 73b of the EC Treaty (now Article 56 EC) - Article 40 of and Annex XII to the EEA Agreement - Prior authorisation procedure for the acquisition of agricultural and forestry plots - Admissibility - Conditions.
Case C-452/01.
European Court Reports 2003 I-09743
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2003:493
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(EC Treaty, Art. 73b (now Art. 56 EC); EEA Agreement, Art. 40 and Annex XII)
(Arts 73b, 73c, 73d, 73f, and 73g of the EC Treaty (now Arts 56 EC, 57 EC, 58 EC, 59 EC and 60 EC))
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
23 September 2003 (1)
((Free movement of capital – Article 73b of the EC Treaty (now Article 56 EC) – Article 40 of and Annex XII to the EEA Agreement – Prior authorisation procedure for the acquisition of agricultural and forestry plots – Permissibility – Conditions))
In Case C-452/01, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 234 EC by the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings brought by Margarethe Ospeltand
Schlössle Weissenberg Familienstiftung, on the interpretation of Article 6 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Article 12 EC) and Articles 73b to 73d, 73f and 73g of the EC Treaty (now Articles 56 EC to 60 EC),THE COURT,,
after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of:
having regard to the Report for the Hearing,
after hearing the oral observations of: Ms Ospelt and Schlössle Weissenberg Familienstiftung, represented by C. Hopp; the Austrian Government, represented by P. Kustor and H. Kraft, acting as Agents; the Norwegian Government, represented by I. Holten; the Commission, represented by G. Braun and M. Patakia; and the EFTA Surveillance Authority, represented by E. Wright and D. Sif Tynes, at the hearing on 7 January 2003,
after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 10 April 2003,
gives the following
On those grounds,
THE COURT,
in answer to the questions referred to it by the Verwaltungsgerichtshof by order of 19 October 2001, hereby rules:
Rodríguez Iglesias |
Puissochet |
Wathelet |
Schintgen |
Timmermans |
Gulmann |
Edward |
La Pergola |
Jann |
Skouris |
Macken |
Colneric |
von Bahr |
Cunha Rodrigues |
Rosas |
R. Grass |
G.C. Rodríguez Iglesias |
Registrar |
President |