Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 6 October 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal administratif de Limoges — France) — Philippe Bonnarde v Agence de Services et de Paiement

(Case C-443/10) (1)

(Free movement of goods - Quantitative restrictions - Measures having equivalent effect - Importation, by a person resident in a Member State, of a vehicle already registered in another Member State - Ecological subsidy - Conditions - Registration certificate attesting to the nature of the demonstration vehicle)

2011/C 347/08

Language of the case: French

Referring court

Tribunal administratif de Limoges

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Philippe Bonnarde

Defendant: Agence de Services et de Paiement

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Tribunal administrative de Limoges — Interpretation of Council Directive 1999/37/EC of 29 April 1999 on the registration documents for vehicles (OJ 1999 L 138, p. 57), amended by Commission Directive 2003/127/EC of 23 December 2003 (OJ 2004 L 10, p. 29) — Importation, by a person resident in France, of a vehicle already registered in another Member State — National legislation making the grant of an environmental subsidy subject to presentation of a registration certificate bearing the statement ‘demonstration vehicle’ — Quantitative restrictions — Measures having equivalent effect

Operative part of the judgment

Articles 34 and 36 TFEU preclude legislation of a Member State from requiring, for the award of the subsidy known as the ‘bonus écologique — Grenelle de l’environnement’ to imported demonstration motor vehicles at the time of registration in that Member State, that the first registration document of those vehicles bear the words ‘demonstration vehicle’.

(1)  OJ C 317, 20.11.2010.