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Judgment of the Court of 5 March 1996.#Brasserie du Pêcheur SA v Bundesrepublik Deutschland and The Queen v Secretary of State for Transport, ex parte: Factortame Ltd and others.#References for a preliminary ruling: Bundesgerichtshof - Germany and High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, Divisional Court - United Kingdom.#Principle of Member State liability for damage caused to individuals by breaches of Community law attributable to the State - Breaches attributable to the national legislature - Conditions for State liability - Extent of reparation.#Joined cases C-46/93 and C-48/93.
Judgment of the Court of 5 March 1996.
Brasserie du Pêcheur SA v Bundesrepublik Deutschland and The Queen v Secretary of State for Transport, ex parte: Factortame Ltd and others.
References for a preliminary ruling: Bundesgerichtshof - Germany and High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, Divisional Court - United Kingdom.
Principle of Member State liability for damage caused to individuals by breaches of Community law attributable to the State - Breaches attributable to the national legislature - Conditions for State liability - Extent of reparation.
Joined cases C-46/93 and C-48/93.
Judgment of the Court of 5 March 1996.
Brasserie du Pêcheur SA v Bundesrepublik Deutschland and The Queen v Secretary of State for Transport, ex parte: Factortame Ltd and others.
References for a preliminary ruling: Bundesgerichtshof - Germany and High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, Divisional Court - United Kingdom.
Principle of Member State liability for damage caused to individuals by breaches of Community law attributable to the State - Breaches attributable to the national legislature - Conditions for State liability - Extent of reparation.
Joined cases C-46/93 and C-48/93.
European Court Reports 1996 I-01029
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:1996:79
** AFFAIRE C-46/93 **
*A7* Landgericht Bonn, Urteil vom 23/08/1990 (1 O 80/90)
*A8* Oberlandesgericht Köln, Urteil vom 20/06/1991 (7 U 143/90)
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*A9* Bundesgerichtshof, Vorlagebeschluß vom 28/01/1993 (III ZR 127/91)
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*P1* Bundesgerichtshof, Urteil vom 24/10/1996 (III ZR 127/91)
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- NJW-Rechtsprechungs-Report Zivilrecht 1997 p.305 (résumé)
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- Versicherungsrecht 1997 p.183-186
- Wertpapier-Mitteilungen 1996 p.2203-2207
- Wettbewerb in Recht und Praxis 1997 p.27-31
- Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 1996 p.V (résumé)
- Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 1996 p.2022-2026
- Zeitschrift für das gesamte Lebensmittelrecht 1997 p.42-51
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*P6* High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Queen's Bench Division, Technology and Construction Court, judgment of 27/11/2000
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*P7* Court of Appeal (England & Wales), Civil Division, judgment of 28/01/2002 ([2002] EWCA Civ 22)
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*P8* Court of Appeal (England & Wales), Civil Division, judgment of 03/07/2002 ([2002] EWCA Civ 932)
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** AFFAIRE C-48/93 **
*A9* High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division), Queen's Bench Division, Divisional Court, order of 18/11/1992 (CO/1735/00)
- Europäisches Wirtschafts- & Steuerrecht - EWS 1993 p.159 (résumé) (Texte allemand)
- Uecker, Rolf: Francovich and Beyond: A German Perspective, European Business Law Review 1994 p.286-291
*P1* High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Queen's Bench Division, Divisional Court, judgment of 07/05/1997
- The Times 16/05/97 (résumé)
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*P2* High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Queen's Bench Division, Divisional Court, judgment of 31/07/1997
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*P3* Court of Appeal (England & Wales), Civil Division, judgment of 08/04/1998
- Cahiers de droit européen 2000 p.434-435 (résumé) (Texte français)
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- Current Law - Monthly Digest 1998 Part 6 nº 227 (résumé)
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- Gaceta Jurídica de la C.E. y de la Competencia - Boletín 1998 nº 135 p.28-29 (résumé) (Texte espagnol)
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*P4* Court of Appeal (England & Wales), Civil Division, judgment of 06/07/1998
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*P5* House of Lords, judgment of 28/10/1999
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(EEC Treaty, Art. 164)
(EEC Treaty, Arts 5 and 215, second para.)
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
5 March 1996 (1)
((Principle of Member State liability for damage caused to individuals by breaches of Community law attributable to the State – Breaches attributable to the national legislature – Conditions for State liability – Extent of reparation))
In Joined Cases C-46/93 and C-48/93,
REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Bundesgerichtshof (Case C-46/93) and by the High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, Divisional Court (Case C-48/93) for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before those courts between Brasserie du Pêcheur SAand
Federal Republic of Germany and between The Queenand
Secretary of State for Transport ex parte: Factortame Ltd and Others on the interpretation of the principle of the liability of the State for damage caused to individuals by breaches of Community law attributable to the State,THE COURT,,
after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of:
having regard to the Report for the Hearing,
after hearing the oral observations of Brasserie du Pêcheur SA, represented by H. Büttner and P. Soler-Couteaux, of the Strasbourg Bar; claimants 1 to 36 and 38 to 84 in Case C-48/93, represented by D. Vaughan, G. Barling, D. Anderson and S. Swabey; claimants 85 to 97 in Case C-48/93, represented by N. Green; the 37th claimant in Case C-48/93, represented by N. Forwood and P. Duffy; the German Government, represented by J. Sedemund; the United Kingdom, represented by Sir Nicholas Lyell QC, Attorney General, S. Richards, C. Vajda and J.E. Collins; the Danish Government, represented by P. Biering, Legal Adviser in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, acting as Agent; the Greek Government, represented by F. Georgakopoulos, Assistant Legal Adviser to the State Legal Council, acting as Agent; the Spanish Government, represented by R. Silva de Lapuerta and G. Calvo Díaz; the French Government, represented by C. de Salins; the Netherlands Government, represented by J.W. de Zwaan, Assistant Legal Adviser in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, acting as Agent, and the Commission, represented by C. Timmermans, J. Pipkorn and C. Docksey, at the hearing on 25 October 1994,
after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 28 November 1995,
gives the following
On those grounds,
THE COURT,
in answer to the questions referred to it by the Bundesgerichtshof, by order of 28 January 1993, and by the High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, Divisional Court, by order of 18 November 1992, hereby rules:
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