Иск за установяване на неизпълнение на задължения

OPINION OF MR ADVOCATE-GENERAL ROEMER DELIVERED ON 20 JANUARY 1970 ( 1 ) Mr President, Members of the Court, On examining the Italian system of turnover tax, the Commission of the European Economic Community came to be convinced that some of the rules concerning the import of wool and wool products from other Member States infringed Articles 95 and 96 of the EEC Treaty. It therefore considered it necessary to initiate proceedings to establish these infringements of the Treaty which it had uncovered. It did this in a letter dated 12 July 1966 in which it listed a series of infringements under six headings. The Italian Government's first reply was made in the form of a letter from its Permanent Representative, dated 13 September 1966, announcing in particular the adoption of new provisions which were intended to put an end to four of the infringements complained of. On one point it made no comment; with regard to another complaint it put forward a different view from and disputed the justification of that of the Commission. In fact, Italian Law No 370 of 16 May 1967 (of which the Commission was informed whilst it was in its preparatory stage) has eliminated most of the infringements listed. However, in the Commission's opinion, there still remained a breach of Article 95 of the Treaty in so far as skin wool and carded or combed wool imported from other Member States was subject to a tax heavier than that levied on the corresponding domestic ... Прочетете още