25.11.2019
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 399/18
Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 26 September 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Szombathelyi Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság — Hungary) — UTEP 2006. SRL v Vas Megyei Kormányhivatal Hatósági Főosztály, Hatósági, Építésügyi és Oktatási Osztály
(Case C-600/18) (1)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Road transport - Articles 91 and 92 TFEU - Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 - Article 32(3), Article 33(1) and Article 41(1) - Infringement of the rules on the use of tachographs - Duty of Member States to make provision for effective, dissuasive and non-discriminatory penalties - Resident and non-resident small and medium-sized enterprises - Differential treatment)
(2019/C 399/20)
Language of the case: Hungarian
Referring court
Szombathelyi Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: UTEP 2006. SRL
Defendant: Vas Megyei Kormányhivatal Hatósági Főosztály, Hatósági, Építésügyi és Oktatási Osztály
Operative part of the judgment
Article 41(1) of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 February 2014 on tachographs in road transport, repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport and amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport, must be interpreted as precluding an administrative practice of a Member State according to which, unlike non-resident small and medium-sized road transport enterprises, those that are established in the territory of that Member State are liable to receive a lesser penalty, in the form of a warning rather than an administrative fine, where such enterprises commit, for the first time, an infringement of Regulation No 165/2014 of the same degree of gravity.
(1) OJ C 436, 3.12.2018
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