> Is there any good reason why ECC is not (commonly?) used with 
> x509 certificates ?

In short - patents and licensing.
 
> Are there reason to stay away of ECC for such type of applications
> (certificates) ?

Licensing-related cost of creating and using such applications. Situation is
similar to that with RSA 10-15 years ago.


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