Reports of Cases

2008 I-10671

Subject-matter

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Infringement of Article 43 EC – National legislation laying down the conditions of registration of undertakings held by third-country nationals, applicable also to Czech, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovene and Slovak nationals – Obligation for all members of partnerships and for minority shareholders in limited liability companies who perform work that is typical of an employment relationship to follow a special procedure for determining the applicant’s self-employed status, in which he has to prove his influence on the management of the business he wishes to have registered in the Member State

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 43 : paragraphs 11997E, 24
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 46 : paragraphs 1, 26 - 28, 31, 42
• Treaty of Accession 2003 - Act, Article 24 : paragraph 32
• Treaty of Accession 2003, Annex V -PT2L1 : paragraph 2
• Treaty of Accession 2003, Annex VI -PT2L1 : paragraphs 3, 25
• Treaty of Accession 2003, Annex VII -PT2L1 : paragraphs 3, 25
• Treaty of Accession 2003, Annex VIII -PT2L1 : paragraphs 3, 25
• Treaty of Accession 2003, Annex IX -PT2L1 : paragraphs 3, 25
• Treaty of Accession 2003, Annex X -PT2L1 : paragraphs 3, 25
• Treaty of Accession 2003, Annex XI -PT2L1 : paragraphs 3, 25
• Treaty of Accession 2003, Annex XII -PT2L1 : paragraphs 3, 25
• Treaty of Accession 2003, Annex XIII -PT2L1 : paragraphs 3, 25
• Treaty of Accession 2003, Annex XIV -PT2L1 : paragraphs 3, 25
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -270/83 : paragraphs 3, 25
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -212/97 : paragraph 28
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -355/98 : paragraph 27
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -386/04 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -170/05 : paragraph 24
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -465/05 : paragraph 27
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -319/06 : paragraph 35

Operative part

• Reference : EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 43

Opinion

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 43 : points 11997E, , 30, 34
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 46 : points 21, 53
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -66/85 : points 31, 12003T, , 31, 32, 34, 36, 38, 39
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -55/94 : point 45
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -107/94 : point 25
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -212/97 : point 45
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -337/97 : points 24, 37
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -268/99 : point 45
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -168/04 : point 45
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -177/04 : point 36
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -465/05 : point 41
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -393/06 : point 40
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 23/03/2007

Date of the Opinion

• 18/09/2008

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

22/12/2008

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 140 from 23.06.2007, p.9

Judgment: OJ C 44 from 21.02.2009, p.9

Name of the parties

Commission v Austria

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Bernard, Elsa: Application du régime prévue pour la période transitoire, Europe 2009 Février Comm. nº 79 p.31 (FR)
2. Schmid, Christian: Unionsbürger als Gesellschafter einer Personengesellschaft im Lichte der jüngsten Novelle zum AuslBG, Migralex 2009 p.80-84 (DE)
3. Currie, Samantha: Case C-161/07, Commission v. Austria, Judgment of the Court of Justice (First Chamber) of 22 December 2008, Common Market Law Review 2010 p.197-213 (EN)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

• Freedom of establishment
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Action for a declaration of failure to fulfil obligations : application granted
  

Formation of the Court

première chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Tizzano

Advocate General

Poiares Maduro

Language(s) of the Case

• German
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• English