Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 16 October 2014

European Commission v Federal Republic of Germany

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Free movement of goods — Rules of a Member State requiring that certain construction products bearing the ‘CE’ conformity marking conform to additional national standards — Lists of construction rules (‘Bauregellisten’)

Case C‑100/13


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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
05/12/2014 Commission v Germany
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2014:2293
16/10/2014 Commission v Germany
Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:C:2014:2293
16/10/2014 Commission v Germany
Application (OJ)
05/04/2013 Commission v Germany
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Reports of Cases

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Subject-matter

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Infringement of Council Directive 89/106/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to construction products (OJ 1989 L 40, p. 12) and, in particular, of Article 4(2) and Article 6(1) thereof – Rules of a Member State requiring that certain construction products bearing the EC conformity marking comply with additional national standards (‘Bauregellisten’)

Systematic classification scheme

1.
3 Legal proceedings
  3.01 Actions for failure to fulfil obligations
    3.01.00 General
3 Legal proceedings
  3.01 Actions for failure to fulfil obligations
    3.01.00 General
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.16 Technical standards and regulations
      4.11.16.03 Harmonised product sectors and families
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.05 EU law and national law
    1.05.02 Implementation of EU law within the national legal system
      1.05.02.01 Choice of methods


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 27/02/2013

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

16/10/2014


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 462 from 22.12.2014, p.5

Application: OJ C 114 from 20.04.2013, p.29

Name of the parties

Commission v Germany

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Nusser, Jens: Zusätzliche nationale Normen bei bestimmten Bauprodukten sind mit dem Freien Warenverkehr unvereinbar, Deutsches Verwaltungsblatt 2014 p.1591-1594 (DE)
  2. Held, Simeon ; Jaguttis, Malte: Produktrecht: Verstoß gegen Bauproduktenrichtlinie durch zusätzliche nationale Anforderungen an Bauprodukte mit CE-Kennzeichnung, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2014 p.959-960 (DE)
  3. Rigaux, Anne: Marquage CE, Europe 2014 Décembre Comm. nº 12 p.25-26 (FR)
  4. Schneider, Bernhard ; Thielecke, Susanna: Zur Abgrenzung der Kompetenzen von EU und Mitgliedstaaten im Bauproduktenrecht, Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht 2015 p.34-37 (DE)
  5. Herda, Helene: EuGH: CE-Kennzeichnung bei Bauprodukten, Österreichisches Recht der Wirtschaft 2015 p.14-16 (DE)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • Free movement of goods

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

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

Formation of the Court

dixième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Šváby

Advocate General

Sharpston

Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

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