# C_2015389EN.01003101.xml

| 23.11.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 389/31 |
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23.11.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 389/31

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Judgment of the General Court of 23 September 2015 — Netherlands v Commission

(Joined Cases T-261/13 and T-86/14) (1)

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((HICP - Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 - Harmonised indices of consumer prices at constant tax rates (HICP-CT) - Regulation (EU) No 119/2013 - Owner-occupied housing price indices - Regulation (EU) No 119/2013 - Eurostat - Committee procedure - Implementing measures - Regulatory procedure with scrutiny))

(2015/C 389/32)

Language of the case: Dutch

Parties

Parties

Applicant: Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented, in Case T-261/13, by M. Bulterman, J. Langer and B. Koopman and, in Case T-86/14, by M. Bulterman and J. Langer, acting as Agents)

Applicant:

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. Clausen and P. Van Nuffel, acting as Agents)

Defendant:

Re:

Re:

In Case T-261/13, an application for annulment of Commission Regulation (EU) No 119/2013 of 11 February 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 2214/96 concerning harmonised indices of consumer prices (HICP): transmission and dissemination of sub-indices of the HICP, as regards establishing harmonised indices of consumer prices at constant tax rates (OJ 2013 L 41, p. 1) and, in the alternative, an application for annulment of Article 1(2) of Regulation No 119/2013 as well as, in Case T-86/14, an application for annulment of Commission Regulation (EU) No 93/2013 of 1 February 2013 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 concerning harmonised indices of consumer prices, as regards establishing owner-occupied housing price indices (OJ 2013 L 33, p. 14) and, in the alternative, an application for annulment of Article 4(1) of Regulation No 93/2013.

Operative part of the judgment

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls, in Case T-261/13, Article 1(2) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 119/2013 of 11 February 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 2214/96 concerning harmonised indices of consumer prices (HICP): transmission and dissemination of sub-indices of the HICP, as regards establishing harmonised indices of consumer prices at constant tax rates; |
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Annuls, in Case T-261/13, Article 1(2) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 119/2013 of 11 February 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 2214/96 concerning harmonised indices of consumer prices (HICP): transmission and dissemination of sub-indices of the HICP, as regards establishing harmonised indices of consumer prices at constant tax rates;

| 2. | Annuls, in Case T-86/14, Article 4(1) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 93/2013 of 1 February 2013 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 concerning harmonised indices of consumer prices, as regards establishing owner-occupied housing price indices; |
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Annuls, in Case T-86/14, Article 4(1) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 93/2013 of 1 February 2013 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 concerning harmonised indices of consumer prices, as regards establishing owner-occupied housing price indices;

| 3. | Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Kingdom of the Netherlands. |
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Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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(1)  OJ C 189, 29.6.2013.

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