Notice for the OJ

 

     JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

     (Sixth Chamber)

     5 March 2002

in Cases C-515/99, C-519/99 to C-524/99 and C-526/99 to C-540/99 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Unabhängiger Verwaltungssenat Salzburg): Hans Reisch e.a. v Bürgermeister der Landeshauptstadt Salzburg, Grundverkehrsbeauftragter des Landes Salzburg, Grundverkehrslandeskommission des Landes Salzburg(¹)

    (Free movement of capital ( Article 56 EC ( Prior notification and authorisation procedure for the acquisition of building plots ( Absence of purely internal situation)

    (Language of the case: German)

    (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published in the European Court Reports)

In Joined Cases C-515/99, C-519/99 to C-524/99 and C-526/99 to C-540/99: Reference to the Court under Article 234 EC by the Unabhängiger Verwaltungssenat Salzburg (Austria) for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between Hans Reisch (C-515/99), Walter Riedl (C-527/99), Alexander Hacker (C-528/99), Gerhard Eckert (C-529/99), Franz Gstöttenbauer (C-530/99), Helmut Hechwarter (C-531/99), Alois Bixner (C-532/99), Geza Aumüller (C-533/99), Berthold Garstenauer (C-534/99 and C-536/99), Robert Eder (C-535/99), Hartmut Ramsauer (C-537/99 and C-538/99), Harald Kronberger (C-539/99), Erich Morianz (C-540/99) and Bürgermeister der Landeshauptstadt Salzburg, Grundverkehrsbeauftragter des Landes Salzburg, on the interpretation of Articles 56 EC to 60 EC, the Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of: N. Colneric, President of the Second Chamber, acting for the President of the Sixth Chamber, C. Gulmann, J.-P. Puissochet (Rapporteur), R. Schintgen and V. Skouris, Judges; L.A. Geelhoed, Advocate General; H.A. Rühl, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 5 March 2002, in which it has ruled:

Articles 56 EC to 60 EC:

(do not preclude a prior notification procedure such as that laid down by the scheme for the acquisition of land established by the Salzburger Grundverkehrsgesetz 1997;

(preclude a prior authorisation procedure such as that laid down by that scheme.

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¹ - OJ C 79 of 18.3.2000