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Document 62014CN0293

Case C-293/14: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 13 June 2014  — Gerhart Hiebler v Walter Schlagbauer

OJ C 303, 8.9.2014, p. 21–21 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

8.9.2014   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 303/21


Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 13 June 2014 — Gerhart Hiebler v Walter Schlagbauer

(Case C-293/14)

2014/C 303/27

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Oberster Gerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Gerhart Hiebler

Defendant: Walter Schlagbauer

Questions referred

1.

In accordance with Article 2(2)(i) of Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal market, (1) is the entire commercial activity of a chimney sweep excluded from the scope of that directive because chimney sweeps also perform tasks in the field of fire safety regulation (fire safety inspections, expert reports in the course of building approval procedures etc.)?

If Question 1 is answered in the negative:

2.

Is a scheme, provided for in national law, under which the licence to trade as a chimney sweep is limited to a particular ‘Kehrgebiet’ (sweeping area) compatible with Article 10(4) and Article 15(1), (2)(a) and (3) of Directive 2006/123/EC?


(1)  OJ 2006 L 376, p. 36.


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