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Subject-matter

Reference for a preliminary ruling – High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) – Interpretation of Article 3(3) of the Council Directive 92/12/EEC of 25 February 1992 on the general arrangements for the holding, movement and monitoring of products subject to excise duty (OJ 1992 L 76, p. 1) and of the first paragraph of Article 1(3)(a) of Council Directive 2008/118/EC of 16 December 2008 concerning the general excise duty and repealing Directive 92/12/EEC (OJ 1992 L 9, p. 12) – Lubricating oils – Oils used other than as fuel or as a fuel – Submission to excise – Harmonised excise duty levied on the consumption of energy products

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• Regulation 1610/96 -C14 : paragraph 35
• Regulation 469/2009 : paragraph 43
• Regulation 469/2009 -A01 : paragraph 4
• Regulation 469/2009 -A01LB : paragraph 25
• Regulation 469/2009 -A03 : paragraphs 1, 5
• Regulation 469/2009 -A03LA : paragraphs 23 - 26, 28, 29, 32 - 34, 37 - 39, 44
• Regulation 469/2009 -C10 : paragraph 3
• Regulation 469/2009 -C4 : paragraphs 3, 42, 43
• Regulation 469/2009 -C5 : paragraph 3
• Regulation 469/2009 -C9 : paragraph 3
• Regulation 1257/2012 : paragraph 30
• Agreement between Member States - 42013A0620(01) -A03LB : paragraph 30
• Commission - COM Document (Draft Legislation) - 51990PC0101 -PT20L2 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -229/06 : paragraph 41
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -332/10 : paragraphs 30, 31, 33 - 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -630/10 : paragraph 34
• Court of Justice - Order C -6/11 : paragraph 34
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -443/12 : paragraph 41
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -484/12 : paragraph 36

Operative part

• Interprets : Regulation 469/2009 -A03LA

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 05/11/2012

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

12/12/2013

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 9 from 12.01.2013, p.33

Judgment: OJ C 45 from 15.02.2014, p.14

Name of the parties

Eli Lilly and Company

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Roset, Sébastien: Autorisation de mise sur le marché des médicaments et certificats complémentaires de protection (CCP), Europe 2014 Février Com. nº 2 p.46-47 (FR)
2. Kupecz, András: Vier belangrijke HvJ EU-arresten over aanvullende beschermingscertificaten, Intellectuele eigendom & Reclamerecht 2014 p.156-181 (NL)
3. Brückner, Christopher ; Lelkes, Robert: Abstract functional combinations after Actavis: what future?, Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 2016 p.212-214 (EN)
4. König, Gregor ; von Renesse, Dorothea: Der "spezifische Bezug" ist besser als sein Ruf!, 80 Jahre Patentgerichtsbarkeit in Düsseldorf (Ed. Carl Heymanns Verlag, Köln) 2016 p.293-310 (DE)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Chancery Division (Patents Court) - United Kingdom

Subject-matter

• Approximation of laws
  
• Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  
• - Patents
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Convention sur la délivrance de brevets européens (05/10/1973), art. 69 Protocole interprétatif de l'article 69 de la Convention sur le brevet européen (05/10/1973), art. 1er

Procedure and result

• Reference for a preliminary ruling
  

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Toader

Advocate General

Jääskinen

Language(s) of the Case

• English
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

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