Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 16 November 2016

DHL Express (Austria) GmbH v Post-Control-Kommission and Bundesminister für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 97/67/EC — Article 9 — Postal services in the European Union — Obligation to make a financial contribution to the operational costs of the postal sector’s regulatory authority — Scope

Case C-2/15


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
16/12/2016 DHL Express (Austria)
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2016:880
16/11/2016 DHL Express (Austria)
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2016:880
16/11/2016 DHL Express (Austria)
Application (OJ)
27/03/2015 DHL Express (Austria)
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2016:168
16/03/2016 DHL Express (Austria)
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

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

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.07 Interpretation of EU law
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.04 Free movement of persons and services
    4.04.03 Freedom to provide services
      4.04.03.01 The various services


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 07/01/2015

Date of the Opinion

  • 16/03/2016

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

16/11/2016


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 14 from 16.01.2017, p.4

Application: OJ C 127 from 20.04.2015, p.8

Name of the parties

DHL Express (Austria)

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Osti, Cristoforo: DHL Express (Italy) v Commission: Guidance on Parallel Immunity/Leniency Applications, Journal of European Competition Law & Practice 2016 Vol. 7 nº 7 p.460-461 (EN)
  2. Wessel, R.A.: De bevoegdheid van de Europese Unie tot het sluiten van "nieuwe generatie" vrijhandelsverdragen: Mixed feelings over Advies 2/15, Nederlands tijdschrift voor Europees recht 2017 p.126-132 (NL)
  3. Quick, Reinhard ; Gerhäuser, Attila: The Ratification of CETA and other Trade Policy Challenges After Opinion 2/15, Zeitschrift für Europarechtliche Studien - ZEuS 2019 p.505-528 (DE)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Verwaltungsgerichtshof - Austria

Subject-matter

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

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

Formation of the Court

cinquième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

da Cruz Vilaça

Advocate General

Mengozzi

Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French