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Document 62008CN0541

Case C-541/08: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 4 December 2008 — Fokus Invest AG v FIAG Finanzierungsberatung-Immobilientreuhand und Anlageberatung GmbH (FIAG)

OJ C 55, 7.3.2009, p. 8–9 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

7.3.2009   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 55/8

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 4 December 2008 — Fokus Invest AG v FIAG Finanzierungsberatung-Immobilientreuhand und Anlageberatung GmbH (FIAG)

(Case C-541/08)

(2009/C 55/13)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Oberster Gerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Fokus Invest AG

Defendant: FIAG Finanzierungsberatung-Immobilientreuhand und Anlageberatung GmbH (FIAG)

Questions referred

1.

Is Article 25 of Annex I to the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons (1) to be interpreted as meaning that the obligation to treat as nationals for the purposes of the acquisition of immovable property applies only in relation to natural persons, but not to companies?

2.

If the first question is answered in the affirmative:

Do the provisions of the Wiener Ausländergrunderwerbsgesetz (Viennese law on the purchase of real property by non-nationals; ‘WrAuslGEG’) which in the case of acquisition of immovable property by foreign companies as defined in point 3 of Paragraph 2 of the WrAuslGEG require the production of a certificate attesting to exemption from the requirement to obtain authorisation (Paragraph 5(4) and point 3 of Paragraph 3 of the WrAuslGEG) constitute a restriction on the free movement of capital (Article 56 EC) permitted under Article 57(1) EC in relation to Switzerland as a third country?

(1)  OJ 2002 L 114, p. 6.

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