viernes, 24 de diciembre de 2010

¡Qué bestia!

Leyendo un paper sobre proporcionalidad me encuentro esta cita de un caso del Tribunal de Justicia
C-­‐265/88 (1989) Criminal proceedings against Messner, where it has been judged that the national measure, providing imprisonment of up to three months or the imposition of a fine up to 400.000 lire to a citizen from another Member State because he failed to declare within three days his residence in Italy was disproportionate. The three days allowed are not <<absolutely necessary>> and the ECJ to find that: with regard to the penalties laid down for infringement of the legislation at issue… whilst national authorities are entitled to make the failure to comply with said provision subject to penalties comparables to those attaching to minor offences committed by their own nationals, they are not justified in imposing a penalty so disproportionate to the gravity of the infringement that it becomes an obstacle to the free movements of workers”. The ECJ here considers the strong disincentivizing effect this national measure may have on the free movement of workers,
Estaba imaginándome al funcionario o diputado italiano que redactó la norma correspondiente. Si el trabajador de otro Estado miembro no declaraba su residencia en Italia al tercer día de su entrada en el país, podía ser encarcelado u obligado a pagar una multa cuantiosísima para la época. ¿Cómo pudo defenderse Italia ante el Tribunal de Justicia? ¿Querrán ponerla de nuevo en vigor para aplicársela a los rumanos?

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