Reports of Cases
published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)
Subject-matter
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf – Interpretation of Articles 34, 101 and 106(2) TFEU – Application of those provisions to the activity of a private association (Technisch-Wissenschaftlicher Verein), approved by a Member State as an accreditation body for certain products – Horizontal direct effect of Article 34 TFEU
Systematic classification scheme
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4.02.02.02.03 Import or export licences and declarations, standards certificates, etc.
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
4.02 Free movement of goods
4.02.02 Prohibition of quantitative restrictions and measures having equivalent effect
4.02.02.02 Measures having equivalent effect
4.02.02.02.03 Import or export licences and declarations, standards certificates, etc.
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Citations of case-law or legislation
References in grounds of judgment
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EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 28
: paragraphs 1, 16, 17, 21 - 23, 25, 32
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EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 30
: paragraph 23
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EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 81
: paragraphs 1, 16
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EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 86
-P2 : paragraphs 1, 16
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Directive 89/106
: paragraph 20
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Directive 89/106
-A04P2 : paragraphs 18, 19
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Directive 89/106
-A06P2 : paragraph 19
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Regulation 1882/2003
: paragraph 18
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -8/74
: paragraph 22
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -270/02
: paragraph 22
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -432/03
: paragraph 23
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -227/06
: paragraphs 20, 22, 23
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -286/07
: paragraph 22
Operative part
Opinion
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EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 28
: point 13
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EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 81
: point 13
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EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 86
-P2 : point 13
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Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 16
: point 56
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TFEU, Article 34
: points 13, 22, 29, 50, 62
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TFEU, Article 36
: points 22, 37
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TFEU, Article 45
: points 32, 35, 44, 43, 46, 48
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TFEU, Article 49
: points 32, 43, 46
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TFEU, Article 56
: points 32, 43, 46
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TFEU, Article 101
: points 1, 13
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TFEU, Article 106
-P2 : point 13
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Directive 89/106
: point 23
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Directive 89/106
-A03P1 : point 20
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Directive 89/106
-A04P1 : point 21
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Directive 89/106
-A06P1 : point 21
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Directive 89/106
-N1 : point 20
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -36/74
: points 32, 46
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -295/81
: point 37
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -311/85
: point 29
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -266/87
: point 29
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -302/88
: point 29
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -292/92
: point 29
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -415/93
: points 32, 38, 46, 48
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -265/95
: point 31
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -400/96
: point 59
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -281/98
: points 35, 39, 56
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -55/99
: point 37
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -309/99
: points 32, 46
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -112/00
: point 31
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -159/00
: point 29
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -325/00
: point 29
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -100/01
: point 37
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Court of Justice - Opinion C -470/03
: point 31
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -432/03
: points 22, 59
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -137/04
: point 37
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -185/04
: point 37
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -519/04
: point 32
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -341/05
: point 46
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -438/05
: points 32, 33, 38, 46
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -94/07
: point 35
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -219/07
: point 37
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Court of Justice - Opinion C -185/08
: point 19
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Court of Justice - Opinion C -271/08
: point 56
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -325/08
: points 32, 36, 38, 48
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Court of Justice - Opinion C -28/09
: point 60
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -379/09
: points 32, 33, 36, 38
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Court of Justice - Opinion C -10/10
: point 37
Dates
Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings
Date of the Opinion
Date of the hearing
Information not available
Date of delivery
12/07/2012
References
Publication in the Official Journal
Application: OJ C 226 from 30.07.2011, p.9
Judgment: OJ C 287 from 22.09.2012, p.12
Name of the parties
Fra.bo
Notes on Academic Writings
- Nic Shuibhne, Niamh: The Treaty is coming to get you..., European Law Review 2012 p.367-368 (EN)
- De Waele, H.C.F.J.A.: Jurisprudentie bestuursrecht 2012 nº 196 (NL)
- Picod, Fabrice: Activités d'un organisme de droit privé et liberté de circulation, La Semaine Juridique - édition générale 2012 nº 35 p.1517 (FR)
- Arhel, Pierre: Activité des juridictions de l'Union européenne en droit de la concurrence (juillet 2012), Petites affiches. La Loi / Le Quotidien juridique 2012 nº 201 p.8 (FR)
- Rigaux, Anne: Mesures d'effet équivalent, Europe 2012 Octobre Comm. nº 10 p.29 (FR)
- Koufaki, Ioanna: I tritenergeia ton themeliodon elefetherion tou Dikaiou tis Enosis. Idiotikoi organismoi typopoiisis kai pistopoiisis proïonton, Nomiko Vima 2012 p. 1604-1606 (EL)
- Schweitzer, Heike: Standardisierung als Mittel zur Förderung und Beschränkung des Handels und des Wettbewerbs, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2012 p.765-770 (DE)
- Van Harten, H.J. ; Nauta, T.: Nog geen horizontale rechtstreekse werking van het vrije verkeer van goederen?, Nederlands tijdschrift voor Europees recht 2012 p.329-335 (NL)
- A.T.: Eleftheri kykloforia ton eborevmaton. Metra isodynamou apotelesmatos pros posotiko periosmo. Ethniki diadikasia pistopoiiseos. Tekmirio pistotitas pros to ethniko dikaio. Dynatotita efarmogis tou arthrou 28 EK se idiotiko organismo pistopoiiseos., Armenopoulos 2012 p.1982-1983 (EL)
- Derlén, Mattias ; Lindholm, Johan: Fra.bo, En viktig bit i pusslet om de grundläggande friheternas horisontella verkan, Europarättslig tidskrift 2012 Nr 4 p.707-721 (SV)
- Roth, Wulf-Henning: Die "horizontale" Anwendbarkeit der Warenverkehrsfreiheit (Art. 34 AEUV), Europäisches Wirtschafts- & Steuerrecht - EWS 2013 p.16-27 (DE)
- Schmahl, Stefanie ; Jung, Florian: Horizontale Drittwirkung der Warenverkehrsfreiheit?, Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht 2013 p.607-612 (DE)
- Kloepfer, Michael ; Greve, Holger: Zur Drittwirkung der Warenverkehrsfreiheit - Die horizontale Wirkung der Warenverkehrsfreiheit am Beispiel der technischen Regelsetzung, Deutsches Verwaltungsblatt 2013 p.1148-1158 (DE)
- Van Leeuwen, Barend: From Status to Impact, and the Role of National Legislation: The Application of Article 34 TFEU to a Private Certification Organisation in Fra.bo, European Journal of Risk Regulation 2013 Vol. 4 nº 3 p.405-408 (EN)
- Van Harten, Herman ; Nauta, Thomas: Towards Honrizontal Direct Effect for the Free Movement of Goods? Comment on Fra.bo, European Law Review 2013 p.677-694 (EN)
- Crespo van de Kooij, Alex: The Private Effect of the Free Movement of Goods: Examining Private-Law Bodies' Activities under the Scope of Article 34 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union, Legal Issues of Economic Integration 2013 p.363-374 (EN)
- Oliver, Peter: L'article 34 TFUE peut-il avoir un effet direct horizontal?, Cahiers de droit européen 2014 p.77-96 (FR)
- Malaga, Miłosz: Swoboda przepływu towarów - stosowanie art. 34 TFUE do działań podmiotów prywatnych – glosa do wyroku TS z 12.7.2012 r. w sprawie C-171/11 Fra.bo SpA przeciwko Deutsche Vereinigung des Gas- und Wasserfaches eV (DVGW) – Technisch-Wissenschaftlicher Verein, Europejski Przegląd Sądowy 2014 Vol. 2014 p.47-52 (PL)
- Kuzma, Dominik ; Lampe, Andrej: Neizbrisane meje skupnega trga EU pri spletni prodaji, Pravna praksa 2015 nº 18 p.II-VI (SL)
Procedural Analysis Information
Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling
Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf - Germany
Subject-matter
- Free movement of goods
- - Quantitative restrictions
- - Measures having equivalent effect
- Competition
- - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
Provisions of national law referred to
Verordnung über Allgemeine Bedingungen für die Versorgung mit Wasser (AVBWasserV), Paragraph 12, Abs. 4 Urheberrechtsgesetz (UrhG), Paragraph 5, Abs. 3
Provisions of international law referred to
Information not available
Procedure and result
- Reference for a preliminary ruling
Formation of the Court
quatrième chambre (Cour)
Judge-Rapporteur
Schiemann
Advocate General
Trstenjak
Language(s) of the Case
Language(s) of the Opinion