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Court dismisses Swedish import restrictions on 1989-92 cars' catalytic converters as disproportionate EU law violation.

Case Number 3702-99
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Jurisdiction Sweden (SE)
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Outcome Dismissed
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The Court of Appeal in Stockholm dismissed the challenge to Swedish regulations requiring catalytic converter cleaning for imported vehicles from 1989-1992. The government argued these measures were necessary to meet EU air pollution directives, while the plaintiffs contended the rules discriminated against already registered foreign vehicles. The court ruled the measures failed the EU principle of proportionality because similar requirements were deemed unnecessary for older models and exclusively targeted foreign-registered cars.

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Directive 91/441/EEG; Directive 70/220/EEG: National measures restricting the import of vehicles based on catalytic converter cleaning requirements must satisfy EU principles of necessity, proportionality, and non-discrimination, and cannot disproportionately affect vehicles already registered and in use in other Member States.

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catalytic converter cleaning vehicle import restrictions EU proportionality principle non-discrimination requirement Directive 91/441/EEG Member State obligations environmental regulation

Cited Legislation

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Council Directive 91/441/EEG of 26 June 1991
Council Directive 70/220/EEG
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Genom rådets direktiv 91/441/EEG av den 26 juni 1991 om ändring av direktiv 70/220/EEG om tillnärmning av medlemsstaternas lagstiftning om åtgärder mot luftföroreningar genom avgaser från motorfordon infördes inom EU bl.a. regler om katalysatorrening, som medlemsländerna var skyldiga att införa senast den 31 december 1992 med avseende på nya bilar. Fråga har uppkommit om Sverige kan ställa krav på katalysatorrening vid införsel från annat medlemsland till Sverige av fordon av 1989-92 års modeller. Kammarrätten har ansett att ett sådant krav strider mot EG-rättens krav på nödvändighet, proportionalitet och icke diskriminering, främst på grund av att några motsvarande krav inte bedömts nödvändiga på motorfordon av äldre årsmodell än 1989 och att de ifrågavarande kraven uteslutande drabbar motorfordon som redan registrerats och tagits i bruk i andra EU-länder än Sverige. - Kammarrätten har samma dag i mål nr 5484-1999 och 5485-1999 avgjort

enahanda frågor. Regeringsrätten har den 15 april 2002 vägrat prövningstillstånd i målen (mål nr 2242--2244-2001).