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28.5.2005 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 132/11 |
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(Third Chamber)
of 17 March 2005
in Case C-128/04: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank van eerste aanleg te Dendermonde in the criminal proceedings against Annic Andréa Raemdonck and Raemdonck-Janssens BVBA (1)
(Road transport - Social legislation - Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 - Requirement to instal and use a tachograph - Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 - Exception for vehicles carrying material and equipment)
(2005/C 132/21)
Language of the case: Dutch
In Case C-128/04: reference for a preliminary ruling under Article 234 EC from the Rechtbank van eerste aanleg te Dendermonde (Belgium), made by decision of 19 January 2004, received at the Court on 9 March 2004, in the criminal proceedings against Annic Andréa Raemdonck and Raemdonck-Janssens BVBA — the Court (Third Chamber), composed of A. Rosas (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber, A. La Pergola, J.-P. Puissochet, U. Lõhmus and A. Ó Caoimh, Judges; M. Poiares Maduro, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, gave a judgment on 17 March 2005, in which it ruled:
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The terms ‘material or equipment’ in Article 13(1)(g) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 of 20 December 1985 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport must, in the context of the exemption scheme provided for in Article 3(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 of 20 December 1985 on recording equipment in road transport, be construed as covering not only ‘tools and instruments’, but also the goods, such as building materials or cables, which are required for the performance of the work involved in the main activity of the driver of the vehicle concerned. |