Reports of Cases

2004 I-02461

Subject-matter

Reference for a preliminary ruling ─ Supreme Court ─ Interpretation of Directive 97/67/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 15 December 1997 on common rules for the development of the internal market of Community postal services and the improvement of quality of service (OJ 1998 L 15, p. 14) ─ Possible extension of services capable of being reserved ─ Concept of self-provision (recital 21 of the directive)

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• Directive 97/67 : paragraphs 1, 30 - 34
• Directive 97/67 -A01 : paragraphs 2, 30
• Directive 97/67 -A02 : paragraph 31
• Directive 97/67 -A02PT1 : paragraphs 4, 31
• Directive 97/67 -A02PT6 : paragraphs 5, 31
• Directive 97/67 -A07 : paragraphs 15, 16, 21 - 26, 33
• Directive 97/67 -A07P1 : paragraph 6
• Directive 97/67 -A07P2 : paragraph 6
• Directive 97/67 -A07P4 : paragraph 6
• Directive 97/67 -C8 : paragraphs 2, 24
• Directive 97/67 -C10 : paragraphs 3, 30
• Directive 97/67 -C21 : paragraphs 7, 15, 16, 21 - 26

Operative part

• Interprets : Directive 97/67
• Interprets : Directive 97/67 -A07

Opinion

• Directive 97/67 : points 1, 31 - 34
  
• Directive 97/67 -A01 : point 2
  
• Directive 97/67 -A02PT1 : points 3, 33
  
• Directive 97/67 -A02PT6 : point 3
  
• Directive 97/67 -A02P7 : point 3
  
• Directive 97/67 -A07 : points 4, 12, 26 - 34
  
• Directive 97/67 -A07P1 : point 4
  
• Directive 97/67 -A07P2 : point 4
  
• Directive 97/67 -A07P4 : point 4
  
• Directive 97/67 -C21 : points 1, 5, 12, 24 - 30
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -355/95 : point 26
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 01/07/2002

Date of the Opinion

• 23/10/2003

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

11/03/2004

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 202 from 24.08.2002, p.14

Judgment: OJ C 94 from 17.04.2004, p.7

Name of the parties

Asempre and Asociación Nacional de Empresas de Externalización y gestión de Envíos y Pequeña Paqueteria

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Idot, Laurence: Postes. Précisions sur l'interprétation de la directive 97/67/CE du 15 décembre 1997, Europe 2004 Mai Comm. nº 138 p.24

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Tribunal Supremo - Spain

Subject-matter

• Freedom of establishment
  
• Freedom to provide services
  
• Approximation of laws
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Ley 24/1998, de 13 de julio, del Servicio Postal Universal y de Liberalización de los Servicios Postales, de 13 juillet, concernant le Service Postal Universel et la libéralisation des Services Postaux, arts. 2 et 18 Real Decreto 1829/1999, de 3 de diciembre, por el que se aprueba el Reglamento por el que se regula la prestación de los servicios postales, en desarrollo de lo establecido en la Ley 24/1998, de 13 de julio, del Servicio Postal Universal y de Liberalización de los Servicios Postales, d'adoption du Règlement concernant la prestation des services postaux, qui développe la loi 24/1998, arts. 2, par. 2 et 53

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Reference for a preliminary ruling
  

Formation of the Court

cinquième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Jann

Advocate General

Tizzano

Language(s) of the Case

• Spanish
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• Italian