Carmine Capolongo v Azienda Agricole Maya.

JurisdictionEuropean Union
ECLIECLI:EU:C:1973:65
Date19 June 1973
Celex Number61972CJ0077
CourtCourt of Justice (European Union)
Procedure TypeReference for a preliminary ruling
Docket Number77-72
EUR-Lex - 61972J0077 - FR 61972J0077

Arrêt de la Cour du 19 juin 1973. - Carmine Capolongo contre Azienda Agricole Maya. - Demande de décision préjudicielle: Pretura di Conegliano - Italie. - Contributo ente nazionale per la cellulosa e per la carta. - Affaire 77-72.

Recueil de jurisprudence 1973 page 00611
édition spéciale grecque page 00567
édition spéciale portugaise page 00253
édition spéciale espagnole page 00189
édition spéciale suédoise page 00109
édition spéciale finnoise page 00109


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Décisions sur les dépenses
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Mots clés

1 . AIDES ACCORDEES PAR LES ETATS - SUPPRESSION - EFFET DIRECT - CONDITIONS

( TRAITE CEE , ART . 92 , PARAGRAPHE 1 )

2 . QUESTIONS PREJUDICIELLES - COMPETENCES DE LA COUR - LIMITES

( TRAITE CEE , ART . 177 )

3 . DROITS DE DOUANE - TAXES D ' EFFET EQUIVALENT - SUPPRESSION - EFFET DIRECT

( TRAITE CEE , ART . 13 , PARAGRAPHE 2 )

4 . DROITS DE DOUANE - TAXES D ' EFFET EQUIVALENT - NOTION

( TRAITE CEE , ART . 13 , PARAGRAPHE 2 )

Sommaire

1 . EN CE QUI CONCERNE LES AIDES EXISTANT DANS LES ETATS MEMBRES , LE PARAGRAPHE 1 DE L ' ARTICLE 92 EST DESTINE A AVOIR EFFET DANS L ' ORDRE JURIDIQUE DES ETATS MEMBRES , DE MANIERE A POUVOIR ETRE INVOQUE DEVANT LES JURIDICTIONS NATIONALES , S ' IL EST CONCRETISE PAR LES ACTES DE PORTEE GENERALE PREVUS PAR L ' ARTICLE 94 OU PAR LES DECISIONS , DANS LES CAS PARTICULIERS QU ' ENVISAGE L ' ARTICLE 93 , PARAGRAPHE 2 .

2 . DANS L ' EXERCICE DES POUVOIRS CONFERES PAR L ' ARTICLE 177 , LA COUR DEVANT SE BORNER A DONNER UNE INTERPRETATION DES DISPOSITIONS EN CAUSE DU DROIT COMMUNAUTAIRE , NE PEUT APPRECIER LES ACTES JURIDIQUES ET LES DISPOSITIONS DE DROIT NATIONAL , AU RISQUE DE VOIR LA REPONSE NE CORRESPONDRE QU ' IMPARFAITEMENT AUX PARTICULARITES DE L ' ESPECE .

3 . L ' ARTICLE 13 , PARAGRAPHE 2 , COMPORTE , AU PLUS TARD A PARTIR DE LA FIN DE LA PERIODE DE TRANSITION , EN CE QUI CONCERNE L ' ENSEMBLE DES TAXES D ' EFFET EQUIVALANT A DES DROITS DE DOUANE , UNE INTERDICTION CLAIRE ET PRECISE DE PERCEVOIR LESDITES TAXES , QUI N ' EST ASSORTIE D ' AUCUNE RESERVE DES ETATS DE SUBORDONNER SA MISE EN OEUVRE A UN ACTE POSITIF DE DROIT INTERNE OU A UNE INTERVENTION DES INSTITUTIONS DE LA COMMUNAUTE .

CETTE INTERDICTION SE PRETE PARFAITEMENT , PAR SA NATURE MEME , A PRODUIRE DES EFFETS DIRECTS DANS LES RELATIONS JURIDIQUES ENTRE LES ETATS MEMBRES ET LEURS JUSTICIABLES .

4 . TOUTE TAXE EXIGEE A L ' OCCASION OU EN RAISON DE L ' IMPORTATION ET QUI , FRAPPANT SPECIFIQUEMENT UN PRODUIT IMPORTE A L ' EXCLUSION DU PRODUIT NATIONAL SIMILAIRE , A POUR RESULTAT , EN ALTERANT SON PRIX DE REVIENT , D ' AVOIR SUR LA LIBRE CIRCULATION DES MARCHANDISES LA MEME INCIDENCE RESTRICTIVE QU ' UN DROIT DE DOUANE , EST INTERDITE , MEME SI ELLE EST DESTINEE A FINANCER L ' ACTIVITE D ' UN ORGANISME PUBLIC .

PAR CONTRE , LES CHARGES PECUNIAIRES NE CONSTITUENT PAS DES TAXES D ' EFFET EQUIVALENT LORSQU ' ELLES RELEVENT D ' UN REGIME GENERAL DE REDEVANCES INTERIEURES PERCUES SYSTEMATIQUEMENT SUR LES PRODUITS NATIONAUX ET LES PRODUITS IMPORTES SELON LES...

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53 practice notes
  • Compagnie Commerciale de l'Ouest y otros contra Receveur principal des douanes de La Pallice Port.
    • European Union
    • Court of Justice (European Union)
    • 11 March 1992
    ...equivalent effect. With regard to customs duties and charges having equivalent effect on imports, the Court stated, in its judgment in Case 77/72 Capolongo [1973] ECR 611, that in principle that prohibition covers all charges levied at the time of, or by reason of, importation, which are im......
  • CRT France International SA v Directeur régional des impôts de Bourgogne.
    • European Union
    • Court of Justice (European Union)
    • 4 February 1999
    ...in Case 24/68 Commission v Italy [1969] ECR 193, paragraph 9 and Joined Cases 2/69 and 3/69 Diamantarbeiders [1969] ECR 211, paragraph 18, Case 77/72 Capolongo v Azienda Agricole Maya [1973] ECR 611, Case 158/82 Commission v Denmark [1983] ECR 3573, paragraph 18, and the abovementioned deci......
  • Traghetti del Mediterraneo SpA v Repubblica italiana.
    • European Union
    • Court of Justice (European Union)
    • 11 October 2005
    ...to a great extent merely reproduces the Court’s existing case-law on the subject. 6 – See, in particular, Case 6/64 Costa [1964] ECR 1141; Case 77/72 Capolongo [1973] ECR 611, paragraph 6; Case 120/73 Lorenz [1973] ECR 1471, paragraph 8; Case C-354/90 Fédération nationale du commerce extéri......
  • Visserijbedrijf D. J. Koornstra & Zn. vof v Productschap Vis.
    • European Union
    • Court of Justice (European Union)
    • 7 March 2006
    ...and that of imported products – see, for example, Case 94/74 IGAV [1975] ECR 699; Compagnie commerciale de l’Ouest (cited in footnote 10); Case 77/72 Capolongo [1973] ECR 61; Case 78/76 Steinike [1977] ECR 595; Case 77/76 Cucchi [1977] ECR 987; Case 105/76 Interzuccheri [1977] ECR 1029; Com......
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  • Compagnie Commerciale de l'Ouest y otros contra Receveur principal des douanes de La Pallice Port.
    • European Union
    • Court of Justice (European Union)
    • 11 March 1992
    ...equivalent effect. With regard to customs duties and charges having equivalent effect on imports, the Court stated, in its judgment in Case 77/72 Capolongo [1973] ECR 611, that in principle that prohibition covers all charges levied at the time of, or by reason of, importation, which are im......
  • CRT France International SA v Directeur régional des impôts de Bourgogne.
    • European Union
    • Court of Justice (European Union)
    • 4 February 1999
    ...in Case 24/68 Commission v Italy [1969] ECR 193, paragraph 9 and Joined Cases 2/69 and 3/69 Diamantarbeiders [1969] ECR 211, paragraph 18, Case 77/72 Capolongo v Azienda Agricole Maya [1973] ECR 611, Case 158/82 Commission v Denmark [1983] ECR 3573, paragraph 18, and the abovementioned deci......
  • Traghetti del Mediterraneo SpA v Repubblica italiana.
    • European Union
    • Court of Justice (European Union)
    • 11 October 2005
    ...to a great extent merely reproduces the Court’s existing case-law on the subject. 6 – See, in particular, Case 6/64 Costa [1964] ECR 1141; Case 77/72 Capolongo [1973] ECR 611, paragraph 6; Case 120/73 Lorenz [1973] ECR 1471, paragraph 8; Case C-354/90 Fédération nationale du commerce extéri......
  • Visserijbedrijf D. J. Koornstra & Zn. vof v Productschap Vis.
    • European Union
    • Court of Justice (European Union)
    • 7 March 2006
    ...and that of imported products – see, for example, Case 94/74 IGAV [1975] ECR 699; Compagnie commerciale de l’Ouest (cited in footnote 10); Case 77/72 Capolongo [1973] ECR 61; Case 78/76 Steinike [1977] ECR 595; Case 77/76 Cucchi [1977] ECR 987; Case 105/76 Interzuccheri [1977] ECR 1029; Com......
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4 books & journal articles
  • Italy
    • European Union
    • Study on the enforcement of State aid law at national level Part I. Application of EC State aid rules by national courts.
    • 1 January 2006
    ...that the public tender procedures were invalid. ----------------------------- [253] See Case C-6/64, Costa v ENEL [1964] ECR 585 and Case C-77/72, Capolongo v Azienda Agricola Maya [1973] ECR Both decisions were rendered as a preliminary ruling and concern the interpretation of Articles 92 ......
  • France
    • European Union
    • Study on the enforcement of State aid law at national level Part I. Application of EC State aid rules by national courts.
    • 1 January 2006
    ...[87] cannot be regarded in isolation, but must be considered within the framework of the scheme of Article [87] to [89]", para. 5 of Case C-77/72, Capolongo v Maya [1973] ECR 611. It can be inferred from this case and from the Steinicke case mentioned below that, if Article 87 is invoked be......
  • Summary of Findings, Recommendations, Comparative Legal Analysis
    • European Union
    • Study on the enforcement of State aid law at national level Part I. Application of EC State aid rules by national courts.
    • 1 January 2006
    ...Pape, not yet reported and Case C-174/02, Streekgewest Westelijk Noord-Brabant, not yet reported. [17] Case C-39/94 cited above. [18] Case C-77/72 Carmine Capolongo v Azienda Agricole Maya [1973] ECR 611. [19] Case C-142/87, Belgium v Commission [1990] ECR I-959; Case C-480/98, Spain v Comm......
  • Austria
    • European Union
    • Study on the enforcement of State aid law at national level Part I. Application of EC State aid rules by national courts.
    • 1 January 2006
    ...Case C-431/93, Jeoren van Schijndel and Johannes Nicholaas Cornelis van Veen v Stichting [1995] ECR I-4705. [45] See, for assistance, Case C-77/72, Capolongo v Maya [1973] ECR 611, Case C-74/76, Ianelli v Meroni [1977] ECR 557 and the Notice on cooperation between national courts and the Co......
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