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Case C-319/13: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 3 April 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Thüringer Oberlandesgericht — Germany) — Udo Rätzke v S+K Handels GmbH (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Energy — Energy labelling of televisions — Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2010 — Responsibilities of dealers — Television supplied to the dealer without the label before the regulation became applicable — Dealer’s obligation to label that television from the date on which the regulation became applicable and to obtain a label subsequently)

OJ C 159, 26.5.2014, p. 10–11 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

26.5.2014   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 159/10


Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 3 April 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Thüringer Oberlandesgericht — Germany) — Udo Rätzke v S+K Handels GmbH

(Case C-319/13) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Energy - Energy labelling of televisions - Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2010 - Responsibilities of dealers - Television supplied to the dealer without the label before the regulation became applicable - Dealer’s obligation to label that television from the date on which the regulation became applicable and to obtain a label subsequently))

2014/C 159/13

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Thüringer Oberlandesgericht

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Udo Rätzke

Defendant: S+K Handels GmbH

Re:

Request for a preliminary ruling — Thüringer Oberlandesgericht — Interpretation of Article 4(a) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2010 of 28 September 2010 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of televisions (OJ 2010 L 314, p. 64) — Scope ratione temporis — Obligation of the dealer to ensure that each television at the point of sale bears the label, provided by the suppliers, indicating the energy efficiency class — Televisions supplied to the dealer without labels before the date on which the regulation began to apply

Operative part of the judgment

Article 4(a) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2010 of 28 September 2010 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of televisions must be interpreted as meaning that the obligation for dealers to ensure that each television, at the point of sale, bears the label provided by the suppliers in accordance with Article 3(1) of that regulation applies only to televisions which have been placed on the market, that is to say, dispatched for the first time by the manufacturer with a view to their distribution in the sales chain, from 30 November 2011.


(1)  OJ C 260, 7.9.2013.


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