14.2.2008   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 40/15


Request for an Advisory Opinion from the EFTA Court by Follo tingrett dated 24 October 2007 in the Case of L'Oréal Norge AS v Per Aarskog AS and others

(Case E-9/07)

(2008/C 40/06)

A request has been made to the EFTA Court by a letter of 24 October 2007 from Follo tingrett (Follo District Court), which was received at the Court Registry on 31 October 2007, for an Advisory Opinion in the Case of L'Oréal Norge AS v Per Aarskog AS and others, on the following questions:

1.

Is Article 7(1) of Council Directive 89/104/EEC to be understood to the effect that a trade mark proprietor has the right to prevent imports from third countries outside the EEA when such imports take place without the consent of the trade mark proprietor?

2.

Is Article 7(1) of Directive 89/104/EEC to be understood to the effect that international exhaustion is permitted?