ORDER of the COURT (First Chamber) 23 March 2007 * in Case
STADTGEMEINDE FROHNLEITEN AND GEMEINDEBETRIEBE FROHNLEITEN ORDER OF THE COURT (First Chamber) 23 March 2007 * In Case C-221/06, REFERENCE for a preliminary ruling under Article 234 EC, from the Verwaltungs gerichtshof (Austria), made by decision of 27 April 2006, received at the Court on 15 May 2006, in the proceedings Stadtgemeinde Frohnleiten, Gemeindebetriebe Frohnleiten GmbH v Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft, * Language of the case: German. I - 2615 ORDER OF 23. 3. 2007 — CASE C-221/06 interested party: Republik Österreich, THE COURT (First Chamber), composed of P. Jann, President of the Chamber, R. Schintgen, A. Tizzano, A. Borg Barthet and M. Ilešič (Rapporteur), Judges, Advocate General: E. Sharpston, after hearing the Advocate General, makes the following Order 1 This reference for a preliminary ruling concerns the interpretation of Articles 10 EC, 12 EC, 23 EC, 25 EC, 49 EC and 90 EC 2 The reference has been made in the context of proceedings between the Stadtgemeinde Frohnleiten (municipality of Frohnleiten) and the Gemeindebetriebe (municipal enterprise) Frohnleiten GmbH, on the one hand, and the Bundesminister I - 2616 STADTGEMEINDE FROHNLEITEN AND GEMEINDEBETRIEBE FROHNLEITEN für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft (Federal Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, the Environment and Water Management, 'the Minister'), on the other, concerning the taxation of the deposit of waste coming from Italy at the municipal waste disposal site at Frohnleiten. 3 Pursuant to Paragraph 3(1)(1) of the Law on the rehabilitation of disused hazardous sites (Altlastensanierungsgesetz) of 7 June 1989 (BGBL 299/1989; 'the ALSAG'),'the long-term depositing of waste, including the transfer of waste to a waste disposal site, even if technical site construction or other purposes are involved', is subject to the 'Altlastenbeitrag' (disused hazardous site levy).
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