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Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 11 July 1989. # Ford España SA v Estado español. # Reference for a preliminary ruling: Audiencia Territorial de Valencia - Spain. # Free movement of goods - Charges having equivalent effect - Amount levied on customs clearance of goods on an importer's premises. # Case 170/88.
ECLI:EU:C:1989:306
61988CJ0170
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61988J0170
European Court reports 1989 Page 02305 Pub.RJ Page Pub somm
Summary
2 . Community law - Direct effect - Conflict between Community law and a national statute - Duties and powers of the national court before which the matter is brought - Non-application of the national statute
Summary
2 . A national court which is called upon, within the limits of its jurisdiction, to apply provisions of Community law is under a duty to give full effect to those provisions, if necessary refusing of its own motion to apply any conflicting provisions of national legislation, and it is not necessary for that court to request or await the prior setting aside of such provisions ( see judgment of 9 March 1978 in Case 106/77 Simmenthal (( 1978 )) ECR 629 ).
Parties
In Case 170/88 REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Audiencia Territorial ( High Court ), Valencia, for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between Ford España SA, a company incorporated under Spanish law, whose registered office is at Almusafes, Valencia ( Spain ), and Estado español ( Customs Administration ), on the interpretation of Article 35 of the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties ( Official Journal 1985, L 302, p . 23 ) and Articles 9, 13 and 16 of the EEC Treaty, THE COURT ( Second Chamber ), composed of T . F . O' Higgins, President of the Chamber, G . F . Mancini and F . A . Schockweiler, Judges, ( The grounds of the judgment are not reproduced ) in answer to the question referred to it by the Audiencia Territorial, Valencia, by order of 15 June 1988, hereby rules :
Operative part
( 1 ) Articles 9 and 13 of the EEC Treaty in conjunction with Article 35 of the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties must be interpreted as precluding the levying of a duty calculated as a proportion of the declared value of the imported goods which is imposed where the operations relating to the customs clearance of the goods in question are carried out on premises or at places not open to the public .
( 2 ) A national court which is called upon to apply, within the limits of its jurisdiction, provisions of Community Law is under a duty to give full effect to those provisions, if necessary refusing of its own motion to apply any conflicting provision of national legislation, and it is not necessary for the court to request or await the prior setting aside of such provisions .