17.4.2004   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 94/28


Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Corte d'Appello by order of that Court of 4 February 2004 in the case of Federico Cipolla against Rosaria Fazari (neé Portolese)

(Case C-94/04)

(2004/C 94/62)

Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the European Communities by order of the Corte d'Appello (Italy) of 4 February 2004, received at the Court Registry on 25 February 2004, for a preliminary ruling in the case of Federico Cipolla against Rosaria Fazari (neé Portolese) on the following questions:

Does the principle of competition under Community law, as set out in Articles 10, 81 and 82 EC, also apply to the provision of legal services?

Does that principle permit a lawyer's remuneration to be agreed between the parties, with binding effect?

Does that principle preclude an absolute prohibition of derogation from lawyers' fees?