Reports of Cases

2000 I-05241

Subject-matter

Preliminary ruling ─ House of Lords ─ Interpretation of Art. 12(1)(b) of Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December 1976 on protective measures against the introduction into the Member States of harmful organisms of plants or plant products ─ Citrus fruits coming from a non-member country other than the one of origin ─ Citrus fruits from the part of Cyprus north of the United Nations buffer zone

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• Directive 77/93 : paragraphs 1, 14, 27 - 42
• Directive 77/93 -A06 : paragraph 29
• Directive 77/93 -A06P1 : paragraphs 5, 6, 33
• Directive 77/93 -A06P2 : paragraph 5
• Directive 77/93 -A06P4 : paragraph 7
• Directive 77/93 -A07 : paragraph 29
• Directive 77/93 -A07P1 : paragraph 5
• Directive 77/93 -A08 : paragraph 29
• Directive 77/93 -A08P2 : paragraph 5
• Directive 77/93 -A09P1 : paragraphs 8, 26, 28
• Directive 77/93 -A12P1 : paragraphs 3, 4, 29, 33
• Directive 77/93 -A12P1LB : paragraph 25
• Directive 77/93 -NIV : paragraph 9
• Directive 77/93 -NV : paragraphs 6, 9, 26, 27, 34
• Directive 91/683 -C6 : paragraph 31
• Directive 92/103 : paragraph 1
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -432/92 : paragraphs 10, 24, 35, 37
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -432/92 -N61 : paragraph 22
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -432/92 -N63 : paragraph 23

Operative part

• Interprets : Directive 77/93

Opinion

• EC Treaty (Maastricht), Article 43 : point 32
  
• EC Treaty (Maastricht), Article 100 : point 32
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 34 : point 32
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 94 : point 32
  
• Directive 77/93 : points 2, 29 - 53
  
• Directive 77/93 -A03P6 : point 44
  
• Directive 77/93 -A05P3 : point 44
  
• Directive 77/93 -A06 : point 5
  
• Directive 77/93 -A06P1 : point 35
  
• Directive 77/93 -A06P2 : point 35
  
• Directive 77/93 -A06P4 : point 36
  
• Directive 77/93 -A07 : point 35
  
• Directive 77/93 -A07P1 : point 4
  
• Directive 77/93 -A08 : point 35
  
• Directive 77/93 -A08P2 : points 4, 37
  
• Directive 77/93 -A09P1 : points 5, 30, 37 - 39, 42 - 45, 47, 52
  
• Directive 77/93 -A12 : points 3, 42
  
• Directive 77/93 -A12P1LA : point 34
  
• Directive 77/93 -A12P1LB : points 10, 34, 35
  
• Directive 77/93 -A16BIS : point 44
  
• Directive 77/93 -NIV : points 7, 30, 37, 38, 40 - 46, 51, 53
  
• Directive 77/93 -NV : points 6, 37, 42, 53
  
• Directive 77/93 -C1 : point 32
  
• Directive 77/93 -C2 : point 32
  
• Directive 89/439 -C3 : point 43
  
• Directive 91/683 : point 3
  
• Directive 92/103 : point 44
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -12/92 : point 50
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -12/92 -N07 : point 50
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -12/92 -N25 : point 50
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -12/92 -N27 : point 50
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -432/92 : points 9 - 11, 14, 34, 36, 49
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -432/92 -N13 : point 1
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -432/92 -N38 : point 11
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -432/92 -N61 : point 10
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -432/92 -N62 : points 10, 34
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -432/92 -N63 : points 10, 49
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -432/92 -N64 : point 10
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -432/92 -N65 : points 1, 10
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -432/92 -N66 : point 10
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -432/92 -N09 : point 1
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 15/06/1998

Date of the Opinion

• 24/02/2000

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

04/07/2000

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 258 from 15.08.1998, p.27

Judgment: OJ C 302 from 21.10.2000, p.8

Name of the parties

Anastasiou and Others

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Latino, Agostina: Importazione di vegetali da Paesi terzi e necessità di certificati fitosanitari, Diritto pubblico comparato ed europeo 2000 p.1784-1788
2. Gogos, Konstantinos E.: Elliniki Epitheorisi Evropaïkou Dikaiou 2000 p.707-711

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

House of Lords - United Kingdom

Subject-matter

• Agriculture and Fisheries
  
• - Plants and flowers
  
• - Plant health legislation
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Reference for a preliminary ruling
  

Formation of the Court

Cour plénière (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Puissochet

Advocate General

Fennelly

Language(s) of the Case

• English
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• English