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Margarethe Ospelt and Schlössle Weissenberg Familienstiftung (C-452/01)
Judgment
The first question
26

Margarethe Ospelt and Schlössle Weissenberg Familienstiftung (C-452/01)

Judgment of 23 Sept 2003law://eu/cjeu/2001/c-452-01/para_26@2026-11-10

26Annex XII to the EEA Agreement, which contains the provisions necessary to implement Article 40, declares that Directive 88/361 and Annex I thereto are applicable to the EEA.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Court: Court of Justice · Full Court
Case: C-452/01 · ECLI:EU:C:2003:493
Decided: 23 Sept 2003
Procedure: Preliminary reference
Applicant: Margarethe Ospelt
Defendant: Schlössle Weissenberg Familienstiftung
Rapporteur: J.-P. Puissochet
Advocate General: L.A. Geelhoed
Bench: 14 judges
J.-P. Puissochet, M. Wathelet, R. Schintgen, C.W.A. Timmermans (Presidents of Chambers), C. Gulmann, D.A.O. Edward, A. La Pergola, P. Jann, V. Skouris, F. Macken, N. Cokerie, S. von Bahr, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, A. Rosas
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62001CJ0452

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Free movement of capital Non-discrimination on grounds of nationality Principles of Union law

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23 Sept 2003Reading

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Interprets 1: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions
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Cites 13: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)6 provisions; Klaus Konle v Republik Österreich (C-302/97); Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (C-483/99); Asociación Profesional de Empresas Navieras de Líneas Regulares (Analir) and Others v Administración General del Estado (C-205/99); 94/1/EC, ECSC: Decision of the Council and the Commission of 13 December 1993 on the conclusion of the Agreement on the European Economic Area between the European Communities, their Member States and the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Swiss Confederation; Ulla-Brith Andersson and Susannne Wåkerås-Andersson v Svenska staten (Swedish State) (C-321/97); Criminal proceedings against Lucas Emilio Sanz de Lera, Raimundo Díaz Jiménez and Figen Kapanoglu (C-163/94, C-165/94, C-250/94); Hans Reisch and Others (joined cases C-515/99 and C-527/99 to C-540/99) v Bürgermeister der Landeshauptstadt Salzburg and Grundverkehrsbeauftragter des Landes Salzburg and Anton Lassacher and Others (joined cases C-519/99 to C-524/99 and C-526/99) v Grundverkehrsbeauftragter des Landes Salzburg and Grundverkehrslandeskommission des Landes Salzburg (C-515/99, C-519/99, C-520/99, C-521/99, C-522/99, C-523/99, C-524/99, C-526/99, C-527/99, C-528/99, C-529/99, C-530/99, C-531/99, C-532/99, C-533/99, C-534/99, C-535/99, C-536/99, C-537/99, C-538/99, C-539/99, C-540/99); Robert Fearon & Company Limited v Irish Land Commission (C-182/83); Commission (Opinion 1/92); Manfred Trummer and Peter Mayer (C-222/97); Doris Salzmann (C-300/01); Council Directive 88/361/EEC of 24 June 1988 for the implementation of Article 67 of the Treaty