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Document 62006CA0227
Case C-227/06: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 13 March 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Articles 28 EC and 30 EC — Measures having equivalent effect — Construction products — Directive 89/106/EEC — Absence of harmonised standards — National marks of conformity — Presumption of conformity)
Case C-227/06: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 13 March 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Articles 28 EC and 30 EC — Measures having equivalent effect — Construction products — Directive 89/106/EEC — Absence of harmonised standards — National marks of conformity — Presumption of conformity)
Case C-227/06: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 13 March 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Articles 28 EC and 30 EC — Measures having equivalent effect — Construction products — Directive 89/106/EEC — Absence of harmonised standards — National marks of conformity — Presumption of conformity)
IO C 116, 9.5.2008, p. 4–5
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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9.5.2008 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 116/4 |
Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 13 March 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium
(Case C-227/06) (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Articles 28 EC and 30 EC - Measures having equivalent effect - Construction products - Directive 89/106/EEC - Absence of harmonised standards - National marks of conformity - Presumption of conformity)
(2008/C 116/07)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: B. Schima and B. Stromsky, acting as Agents)
Defendant: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: M. Wimmer, A. Hubert, L. Van den Broeck, acting as Agents, and F. de Montpellier and G. Block, lawyers)
Re:
Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Infringement of Articles 28 EC and 30 EC — National law imposing a de facto obligation for economic operators wishing to market in Belgium construction products lawfully produced and/or marketed in another Member State to obtain Belgian marks of conformity in order to market those products in Belgium
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Declares that, by encouraging economic operators wishing to market in Belgium construction products lawfully manufactured and/or marketed in another Member State to obtain Belgian marks of conformity, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 28 EC and 30 EC. |
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Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs. |