Заключения

OPINION OF MR ADVOCATE-GENERAL LAGRANGE DELIVERED ON 25 JUNE 1964 ( 1 ) Mr President, Members of the Court, The preliminary question upon which you have to give a ruling under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty does not, for once, come from a Netherlands court, but from an Italian one, and it is no longer a question of social security or of Regulation No 3, but rather of a certain number of provisions of the Treaty itself, in respect of which your interpretation is requested in circumstances that are such as to bring in issue the constitutional relations between the European Economic Community and its Member States. This highlights the importance of the judgment you are called upon to pronounce in this case. The facts are known to you: Mr Costa, a lawyer practising in Milan, claims that he is not under an obligation to pay an invoice amounting to 1925 lire demanded of him in respect of the supply of electricity by the ‘Ente Nazionale per l'Energia Elettrica (ENEL)’. He objected to this payment before the Giudice Conciliatore (which has sole jurisdiction by virtue of the amount involved) claiming that the Law of 6 December 1962 nationalizing the electricity industry in Italy was contrary to a certain number of provisions of the Treaty of Rome, and was unconstitutional. In this connexion he requested — and obtained — a reference of the case, on the one hand to the Italian Constitutional Court, and on the other hand to this ... Прочетете още