Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 22 November 2017

Asotsiatsia na balgarskite predpriyatia za mezhdunarodni prevozi i patishtata (Aebtri) v Nachalnik na Mitnitsa Burgas

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Customs union — External transit — Road freight transport operation carried out under cover of a TIR carnet — Article 267 TFEU — Jurisdiction of the Court to interpret Articles 8 and 11 of the TIR Convention — TIR operation not discharged — Liability of the guaranteeing association — Article 8(7) of the TIR Convention — Duty of the competent authorities to require payment so far as possible from the person or persons directly liable before making a claim against the guaranteeing association –Explanatory notes annexed to the TIR Convention — Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 — Article 457(2) — Community Customs Code — Articles 203 and 213 — Persons who acquired or held the goods and who were aware or should reasonably have been aware that they had been removed from customs supervision

Case C-224/16


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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
05/01/2018 AEBTRI
Free movement of goods
  • Free movement of goods
  • Transport
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Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2017:880		 22/11/2017 AEBTRI
Free movement of goods
  • Free movement of goods
  • Transport
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2017:880		 22/11/2017 AEBTRI
Free movement of goods
  • Free movement of goods
  • Transport
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
17/06/2016 AEBTRI
Free movement of goods
  • Free movement of goods
  • Transport
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Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2017:514		 05/07/2017 AEBTRI
Free movement of goods
  • Free movement of goods
  • Transport
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
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3 Legal proceedings
  3.04 Reference for a preliminary ruling
    3.04.02 Jurisdiction of the Court of Justice
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.02 Free movement of goods
    4.02.05 Community transit
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.02 Free movement of goods
    4.02.04 Customs union
      4.02.04.09 Import or export procedures
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.02 Free movement of goods
    4.02.04 Customs union
      4.02.04.09 Import or export procedures


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 20/04/2016

Date of the Opinion

  • 05/07/2017

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

22/11/2017


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 22 from 22.01.2018, p.8

Application: OJ C 243 from 04.07.2016, p.22

Name of the parties

AEBTRI

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Kampf, J. Hans: Zuständigkeit des Gerichtshofs für die Auslegung des TIR-Übereinkommens - Nichterledigung des TIR-Versands - Haftung des bürgenden Verbands, Zeitschrift für Zölle und Verbrauchsteuern 2018 p.67-68 (DE)
  2. Simon, Denys: Applicabilité des accords entre l'Union européenne et le Royaume du Maroc au territoire du Sahara occidental: Acte II, Europe 2018 avril nº 4 p.6-10 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Varhoven administrativen sad - Bulgaria

Subject-matter

  • Free movement of goods
  • Transport

Provisions of national law referred to

Конституция на Република България (Constitution de la République de Bulgarie), § 4

Provisions of international law referred to

Convention douanière relative au transport international de marchandises sous le couvert de carnets TIR (14/11/1975), articles 1, p. 5, 14 et 16 (actuellement art. 1, sous d), o) et p); art. 8, § 1 et 2; art. 8, § 7 (actuellement article 11, § 2), et notes explicatives concernant l’art. 8, § 7, l’art. 11, § 1, 2 et 3

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling
  • Reference for a preliminary ruling : case not proceeding to judgment

Formation of the Court

deuxième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Prechal

Advocate General

Bobek

Language(s) of the Case

  • Bulgarian

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • English