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Gaston Schul Douane-expediteur BV v Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit (C-461/03)
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Gaston Schul Douane-expediteur BV v Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit (C-461/03)

Judgment of 6 Dec 2005law://eu/cjeu/2003/c-461-03/para_17@2026-11-10

17However, it is clear from paragraph 20 of the Foto-Frost judgment that national courts have no jurisdiction themselves to determine that acts of Community institutions are invalid.

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

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Court: Court of Justice · Grand Chamber
Case: C-461/03 · ECLI:EU:C:2005:742
Decided: 6 Dec 2005
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven (Netherlands)
Ruled invalid: Regulation 1995/1423
Applicant: Gaston Schul Douane-expediteur BV
Defendant: Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit
Rapporteur: N. Colneric
Advocate General: D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer
Bench: 13 judges
V. Skouris, P. Jann, C.W.A. Timmermans, A. Rosas, J. Malenovský, N. Colneric, S. von Bahr, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, R. Silva de Lapuerta, K. Lenaerts, G. Arestis, A. Borg Barthet, M. Ilešič
Language: Dutch
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62003CJ0461

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Common organisation of the markets Law governing the institutions

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Interprets 2: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016); 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
Cited by 5: PJSC Rosneft Oil Company v Her Majesty's Treasury and Others (C-72/15); The Queen, on the application of International Air Transport Association and European Low Fares Airline Association v Department for Transport (C-344/04)2 provisions; Proceedings brought by Eurobolt BV (C-644/17)2 provisions; Quelle AG v Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände (C-404/06); R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc. and Others v Commission of the European Communities (C-131/03 P)2 provisions
Cites 14: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)3 provisions; Foto-Frost v Hauptzollamt Lübeck-Ost (C-314/85); Parti écologiste "Les Verts" v European Parliament (C-294/83); Hoffmann-La Roche AG v Centrafarm Vertriebsgesellschaft Pharmazeutischer Erzeugnisse mbH (C-107/76); Unión de Pequeños Agricultores v Council of the European Union (C-50/00 P); Zuckerfabrik Süderdithmarschen AG v Hauptzollamt Itzehoe and Zuckerfabrik Soest GmbH v Hauptzollamt Paderborn (C-143/88); Atlanta Fruchthandelsgesellschaft mbH and others v Bundesamt für Ernährung und Forstwirtschaft (C-465/93); Kloosterboer Rotterdam BV v Minister van Landbouw, Natuurbeheer en Visserij (C-317/99); Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of the Council of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in poultrymeat; Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector; 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; Elestina Esselina Christina Morson v State of the Netherlands and Head of the Plaatselijke Politie within the meaning of the Vreemdelingenwet; Sweradjie Jhanjan v State of the Netherlands (C-35/82); Intermodal Transports BV v Staatssecretaris van Financiën (C-495/03); Srl CILFIT and Lanificio di Gavardo SpA v Ministry of Health (C-283/81)