Reports of Cases

1998 I-02211

Subject-matter

Request for a preliminary ruling ─ High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) ─ Validity of Commission Decision 96/239/EC of 27 March 1996 on emergency measures to protect against bovine spongiform encephalopathy (OJ 1996 L 78, p. 47) ─ Powers of the Commission ─ Principle of proportionality

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Maastricht), Article 40 : paragraph 61
• EC Treaty (Maastricht), Article 41 : paragraph 61
• EC Treaty (Maastricht), Article 42 : paragraph 61
• EC Treaty (Maastricht), Article 43 : paragraph 61
• EC Treaty (Maastricht), Article 130R -P1 : paragraph 64
• EC Treaty (Maastricht), Article 130R -P2 : paragraph 64
• Decision 94/474 : paragraph 66
• Decision 95/287 : paragraph 66
• Decision 96/239 : paragraphs 3, 4, 9, 26, 45, 62, 65, 66, 72, 77
• Decision 96/239 -A01 : paragraphs 1, 10 - 12, 78
• Decision 96/239 -C5 : paragraphs 9, 65
• Decision 96/239 -C6 : paragraph 9
• Decision 96/239 -C7 : paragraphs 9, 65
• Directive 89/662 : paragraphs 4, 26, 29, 30, 32 - 35, 38
• Directive 89/662 -A01 : paragraph 8
• Directive 89/662 -A03 : paragraph 34
• Directive 89/662 -A04 : paragraph 34
• Directive 89/662 -A07P1LAL1 : paragraph 35
• Directive 89/662 -A09 : paragraph 4
• Directive 89/662 -A09P1 : paragraph 27
• Directive 89/662 -A09P1L1 : paragraph 7
• Directive 89/662 -A09P4 : paragraph 7
• Directive 90/425 : paragraphs 4, 26, 29, 30, 32 - 35, 38
• Directive 90/425 -A01 : paragraph 6
• Directive 90/425 -A03 : paragraph 34
• Directive 90/425 -A04 : paragraph 34
• Directive 90/425 -A08P1LAL1 : paragraph 35
• Directive 90/425 -A10P1 : paragraph 27
• Directive 90/425 -A10P1L1 : paragraph 5
• Directive 90/425 -A10P4 : paragraphs 4, 5
• Directive 90/425 -A21L1 : paragraph 6
• Directive 92/118 : paragraph 4
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -98/78 -N05 : paragraph 39
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -331/88 -N13 : paragraph 60
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -331/88 -N14 : paragraph 61
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -133/93 -N41 : paragraph 60
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -133/93 -N42 : paragraph 61
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -84/94 -N69 : paragraph 43
• Court of Justice - Order C -180/96 -N63 : paragraph 41
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -157/96 -N21 : paragraph 44
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -157/96 -N23 : paragraph 38

Operative part

• Validates : Decision 96/239 -A01

Opinion

• EC Treaty (Maastricht), Article 6 : point 35
  
• EC Treaty (Maastricht), Article 39 -P1 : point 36
  
• EC Treaty (Maastricht), Article 40 -P3 : point 35
  
• EC Treaty (Maastricht), Article 129 -P1 : point 20
  
• EC Treaty (Maastricht), Article 190 : points 27, 38
  
• EC Treaty (Maastricht), preamble -NII : point 39
  
• Decision 90/261 : point 31
  
• Decision 89/469 -A01P3 : point 31
  
• Decision 94/474 : point 31
  
• Decision 96/239 : points 19, 20, 22 - 25, 28, 29, 35, 36, 38
  
• Decision 96/239 -A01 : point 41
  
• Decision 96/239 -C2 : point 27
  
• Decision 96/239 -C3 : point 27
  
• Decision 96/239 -C5 : points 19, 21, 27
  
• Decision 96/362 : point 33
  
• Directive 89/662 : points 19 - 24, 29, 30
  
• Directive 89/662 -A09P4 : point 20
  
• Directive 90/425 : points 19 - 24, 29, 30
  
• Directive 90/425 -A10P4 : point 20
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -13/72 : point 27
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -117/76 -N07 : point 35
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -819/79 : point 27
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -70/83 -N11 : point 38
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -131/86 -N17 : point 20
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -265/87 -N22 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -11/88 : point 39
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -1/89 : point 27
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -325/91 -N26 : point 38
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -296/93 -N30 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -296/93 -N31 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -205/94 -N25 : point 27
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -27/95 -N27 : point 35
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -27/95 -N37 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -27/95 -N38 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -180/96 -N58 : point 21
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -180/96 -N68 : point 24
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -180/96 -N70 : point 31
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -180/96 -N77 : point 23
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 08/05/1996

Date of the Opinion

• 30/09/1997

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

05/05/1998

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 197 from 06.07.1996, p.13

Judgment: OJ C 209 from 04.07.1998, p.8

Name of the parties

The Queen v Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Commissioners of Customs & Excise, ex parte National Farmers' Union and Others

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Novak-Stief, Monika: EuGH bestätigt BSE-Entscheidung der Kommission, European Law Reporter 1998 p.264-265
2. Ritleng, D.: Europe 1998 Juillet Comm. nº 262 p.22
3. Bellantuono, D.: Il Foro italiano 1998 IV Col.449-455

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Queen's Bench Division - United Kingdom

Subject-matter

• Agriculture and Fisheries
  
• - Veterinary legislation
  
• - Beef and veal
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Order 1991 Specified Bovine Material Order 1996 Specified Bovine Material (No. 2) Order 1996 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Amendment) Order 1996 Beef (Emergency Control) Order 1996

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

Sevón

Advocate General

Tesauro

Language(s) of the Case

• English
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• Italian