Reports of Cases

2001 I-09285

Subject-matter

Failure by a Member State to fulfil obligations ─ Council Directive 89/105/EEC relating to the transparency of measures regulating the pricing of medicinal products for human use and their inclusion in the scope of national health insurance systems ─ Treatment of the 'Heilmittelverzeichnis' of the Association of (Austrian) Social Security Institutions as a 'positive list' within the meaning of Article 6 of the Directive ─ Time-limit for inclusion on the list (Article 6(1)) ─ Obligation to state reasons for a refusal to include a product (Article 6(2)) ─ Obligation to provide for legal remedies in the event of refusal

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A42P2 : paragraph 38
• Directive 89/105 : paragraph 1
• Directive 89/105 -A01 : paragraph 30
• Directive 89/105 -A01P1 : paragraph 2
• Directive 89/105 -A06 : paragraphs 3, 26, 27, 29, 32
• Directive 89/105 -A06PT2 : paragraphs 21, 42, 47
• Directive 89/105 -A11P1 : paragraph 4
• Directive 89/105 -A11P2 : paragraph 5
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -222/84 : paragraph 45
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -290/87 : paragraph 19
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -97/91 : paragraph 45
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -159/94 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -1/99 : paragraph 45
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -226/99 : paragraph 45

Operative part

• Reference : Directive 89/105 -A06PT2

Opinion

• EC Treaty (Maastricht), Article 30 : point 27
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 226 : point 38
  
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A42P2 : point 40
  
• Directive 65/65 -A12 : point 45
  
• Directive 89/105 : points 1, 49
  
• Directive 89/105 -A01P1 : points 2, 32
  
• Directive 89/105 -A06 : points 1, 3, 16, 29 - 31, 34, 44
  
• Directive 89/105 -A06PT1 : points 35, 36
  
• Directive 89/105 -A11P1 : point 4
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -238/82 : point 27
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -42/89 : point 39
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -97/91 : point 45
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -158/96 : points 21, 27
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -71/97 : point 39
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -120/97 : point 45
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -346/97 : point 33
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -437/97 : point 33
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -96/98 : point 38
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -337/98 : point 38
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -1/99 : point 45
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -55/99 : point 38
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -226/99 : point 45
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 29/10/1999

Date of the Opinion

• 31/05/2001

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

27/11/2001

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 6 from 08.01.2000, p.19

Judgment: OJ C 84 from 06.04.2002, p.11

Name of the parties

Commission v Austria

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Ankershofen, Valerie ; Hohenauer, Monika: EuGH: Erfolg der Pharmaindustrie im Kampf gegen den Hauptverband, Ecolex 2002 p.222-224
2. Eilmansberger, Thomas: Gemeinschaftsrechtliche und verfassungsrechtliche Probleme des Verfahrens zur Aufnahme von Arzneimitteln in den Erstattungskodex, Zeitschrift für Verwaltung 2006 p.794-810

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

• Approximation of laws
  

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 : dismissal on grounds of inadmissibility
  
• Action for a declaration of failure to fulfil obligations : application granted
  

Formation of the Court

sixième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Skouris

Advocate General

Tizzano

Language(s) of the Case

• German
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• Italian