Sentencia del Tribunal de Justicia (Gran Sala), de 6 de diciembre de 2005 , en el asunto C-461/03 (petición de decisión prejudicial planteada por el College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven): Gaston Schul Douane-expediteur BV contra Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit ( Artículo 234 CE — Obligación del órgano jurisdiccional nacional de plantear una cuestión prejudicial — Invalidez de una disposición comunitaria — Azúcar — Derecho adicional de importación — Reglamento (CE) n o 1423/95 — Artículo 4 )

• Jurisdiction: European Union
• Published date: 16 February 2006
• Celex Number: C2006/036/11

11.2.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 36/7

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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Grand Chamber)

of 6 December 2005

in Case C-461/03: reference for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven Gaston Schul Douane-expediteur BV v Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit (1)

(Article 234 EC - Obligation on a national court to seek a preliminary ruling - Invalidity of a provision of Community law - Sugar - Additional import duty - Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 - Article 4)

(2006/C 36/11)

Language of the case: Dutch

In Case C-461/03: reference for a preliminary ruling under Article 234 EC from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven (Netherlands), made by decision of 24 October 2003, received at the Court on 4 November 2003, in the proceedings between Gaston Schul Douane-expediteur BV and Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit — the Court (Grand Chamber), composed of V. Skouris, President, P. Jann, C.W.A. Timmermans, A. Rosas and J. Malenovský, Presidents of Chambers, N. Colneric (Rapporteur), S. von Bahr, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, R. Silva de Lapuerta, K. Lenaerts, G. Arestis, A. Borg Barthet and M. Ilešič, Judges; D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, Advocate General, R. Grass, Registrar, gave a judgment on 6 December 2005, the operative part of which is as follows:

1. The third paragraph of Article 234 EC requires a court or tribunal of a Member State against whose decisions there is no judicial remedy under national law to seek a ruling from the Court of Justice on a question relating to the validity of the provisions of a regulation even where the Court has already declared invalid analogous provisions of another comparable regulation;

2. Paragraphs (1) and (2) of Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 of 23 June 1995 laying down detailed implementing rules for the import of products in the sugar sector other than molasses are invalid inasmuch as they provide that the additional duty referred to therein is, as a general rule, established on the basis of the representative price referred to in...