Examples of using Is to be interpreted as meaning in English and their translations into Finnish
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Article 5(1)(b) of First Directive 89/104 concerning trade marks is to be interpreted as meaning that the proprietor.
The first subparagraph of Article 454(3) of Regulation No 2454/93 is to be interpreted as meaning that the Member State which detects an offence or irregularity is not required to investigate where the offence or irregularity was actually committed or the identity of the customs debtors.
Having regard to all of the foregoing considerations, the answer to the first question must be that Article 4(6)of the Framework Decision is to be interpreted as meaning that.
The first indent of the first paragraph of Article 7 of Decision No 1/80 is to be interpreted as meaning that the family member concerned is in principle required to reside uninterruptedly f or three years in the host Member State.
Article 2(1) of Council Directive 89/552/EEC of 3 October 1989 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law,regulation or administrative action in Member Slates concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities is to be interpreted as meaning that a television broadcaster comes under the jurisdiction of the Member State in which it is established.
Article 8(2)(b) of Regulation No 926/80 is to be interpreted as meaning that, in order to refuse exemption from payment ofMCAs, it is sufficient for the same product to be exported wohin six months of its importation, irrespective of whether it was imported by the same or another trader.
By its second question, the referring court is asking, essentially, whether Article 4(l)(c) of Directive 69/335 is to be interpreted as meaning that the expression'contribution of assets of any.
The national court is asking, essentially,whether Article 2(1) of the Sixth Directive is to be interpreted as meaning that annual subscription fees of the members of a sports association can constitute the consideration for the services provided by the association, even though the members who do not use or do not regularly use the association's facilities must still pay their annual subscription fee.
The reply to the first question referred must therefore be that the lastsentence of Article 88(3) EC is to be interpreted as meaning that the national court is not bound.
By its second question,the tribunal essentially asks whether Article HA(l)(a) of the Sixth Direttive is to be interpreted as meaning that, for the organisation of a competition such as that at issue in the main proceedings, the taxable amount consists of the full amount of the entry fees received by the organiser of the competition, or that amount less the value of the prizes distributed to the competitors, or some other amount.
Article 2 of Directive 77/388/EEC: Sixth Council Directive of 17 May 1977 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member Statesrelating to turnover taxes- Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment is to be interpreted as meaning that in the circumstances of the main action renting out a space for the sale of narcotic drugs falb within the scope of that directive.
By its question the national court asks specifically whether Article 19(2) of the Sixth Directive is to be interpreted as meaning that the notion of‘capital goods used by the taxable person for the purposes of his business' includes vehicles which a leasing undertaking purchases with a view,as in the case in the main proceedings, to leasing them and subsequently selling them upon termination of the respective leasing contracts.
Article 24(2)(a) of Regulation No 753/2002 laying down certain rules for applying Regulation No 1493/1999 as regards the description, designation, presentation and protection of certain wine sector products,as amended by Regulation No 1512/2005, is to be interpreted as meaning that there may be imitation or evocation of a traditional term within the meaning of that provision where that term is translated into.
By its first question, the referring court is asking, in essence,whether the last sentence of Article 88(3) EC is to be interpreted as meaning that the national court is bound to order the recovery of aid implemented contrary to that provision, where the Commission has adopted a final decision declaring that aid to be compatible with the common market, within the meaning of Article 87 EC.
In view of those considerations, the answer to be given to the first question must be that Article 3(1) of the Regulation,read in conjunction with Article 3(2) of the Directive, is to be interpreted as meaning that a milk product in which the milk fat has been replaced by vegetable fat for dietetic reasons may not be designated as'cheese.
Article 49 EC is to be interpreted as meaning that it precludes application of national legislation such as that in issue in the present case which lays down tax rules which are less favourable where an occupational pension insurance policy is taken out with an insurance company established in another Member State than when it is taken out with an insurance company established in the Member State in question.
By this first question, the High Court of Justice seeks to ascertain whether Article 3(1) of the Directive is to be interpreted as meaning that a winter fuel payment such as that provided for in Regulation 2(5) and(6) of the 1998 Regulations falls within its scope.
Consequently, in answer to the second question, Article 24(2)(a) of Regulation No 753/2002 is to be interpreted as meaning that there may be imitation or evocation of a traditional term within the meaning of that provision where that term is translated into a language other than that in which that term is given in Annex III to that regulation, if that translation is likely to cause confusion or to mislead the persons to whom it is addressed.
By Question 4, the national court asks whether Article 19(2) of Regulation No 753/2002,under which it is lawful to use the designations of the vine varieties listed in Annex II thereto, is to be interpreted as meaning that cases of homonymy among vine variety designations and geographical indications for wines produced within the Community fall to be regarded as possible and lawfully permissible.
By its first question,the national court is asking, in essence, whether Article 4(l)(c) of Directive 69/335 is to be interpreted as meaning that the expression'contribution of assets of any kind' used therein covers the payments which a parent company makes to a capital company, which is increasing its capital by the issue of new shares, to enable the acquisition of those shares by a subsidiary of that parent company.
Consequently, the answer to the first question must be that Article 47(2)(c) of Regulation No 1493/1999, in conjunction with point(B)(3) of Annex VII thereto andArticle 6(1) of Regulation No 753/2002, is to be interpreted as meaning that the use of a particular relating to the production or ageing method or the quality of a wine may be permitted under those provisions only if there is no risk that it will mislead.
Article 19 of Council Directive 93/37/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts is to be interpreted as meaning that the obligation to set out the minimum specifications required by a contracting authority in order to take variants into consideration is not satisfied where the contract documents merely refer to a provision of national legislation requiring an alternative tender to ensure the performance of work which is qualitatively equivalent to that for which tenders are invited.
The first subparagraph of Article 454(3) of Commission Regulation(EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation(EEC)No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code is to be interpreted as meaning that, in the event of the non-discharge or conditional discharge of the TIR carnet, the time-limit granted to the guaranteeing association to furnish proof of the place where the offence or irregularity was committed is one year.
In the light of all of the foregoing, the answer to the question referred mustbe that Article 87(1) EC is to be interpreted as meaning that, for the purpose of assessing whether a measure is selective, account is to be taken of the institutional, procedural and economic autonomy enjoyed by the authority adopting that measure.
With its third question the Bundesverwaltungsgericht is seeking to ascertain whether Article 24(2) of Regulation No 753/2002 is to be interpreted as meaning that the traditional terms listed in Annex III are protected only with regard to wines from the same producer Member State as the protected traditional term.
By Question 3, which should be considered first, the House of Lordsessentially asks whether Article 13B(a) of the Sixth Directive is to be interpreted as meaning that supplies of services such as those described in the Plan which CPP provides to its customers constitute insurance transactions or related services of insurance agents.
By its third question, the national court asks essentially whether section D of point 47 in Chapter VI of the annex to Directive 91/628 is to be interpreted as meaning that a Member State is not entitled to introduce national rules under which, in the case of transport operations of over eight hours' duration, the available area must be at least 0.50 m2 per 100 kg of pig.
Article 8(1) of Regulation No 1348/2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial andextrajudicial documents in civil and commercial matters is to be interpreted as meaning that the addressee of a document instituting proceedings which is to be served does not have the right to refuse to accept that document, provided that it enables the addressee to assert his rights in legal proceedings in the Member State.
In the light of the foregoing, the answer to the question referred mustbe that Article 15(1)(d) of Regulation No 1260/2001 is to be interpreted as meaning that all the quantities of exported products which fall under that article, regardless of whether or not refunds have actually been paid,are to be taken into account for the purpose of calculating the estimated average loss per tonne of product.
By its first question, the national court essentially asks whether the firstsubparagraph of Article 3(4) of Regulation No 258/97 is to be interpreted as meaning that the presence in novel foods of residues of transgenic protein at certain levels precludes those foods from being considered substantially equivalent to existing foods and, consequently, use of the simplified procedure for placing those novel foods on the market.