Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 12 July 2001 in Case C-365/99: Portuguese Republic v Commission of the European Communities (Agriculture — Animal health — Emergency measures to combat bovine spongiform encephalopathy — "Mad cow" disease)
Date: 2001-10-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Portugal, action for annulment (EU), animal disease, cattle, veterinary inspection

C 289/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

13.10.2001

3. Orders the French Republic to pay the costs of Case C-308/99

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

P;

4. Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs in both

actions.

of 12 July 2001

(1) OJ C 299 of 16.10.1999.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Fifth Chamber)

of 12 July 2001

in Case C-365/99: Portuguese Republic v Commission of
the European Communities (1)

in Case C-189/01 (reference for a preliminary ruling from
the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven): H. Jippes,
Afdeling Groningen van de Nederlandse Vereniging tot
Bescherming van Dieren and Afdeling Assen en omstre-
ken van de Nederlandse Vereniging tot Bescherming
van Dieren v Minister van Landbouw, Natuurbeheer en
Visserij (1)

(Agriculture — Control of foot-and-mouth disease — Pro-
hibition of vaccination — Principle of proportionality —
Taking animal welfare into account)

(2001/C 289/07)

(Language of the case: Dutch)

(Agriculture — Animal health — Emergency measures to
combat bovine spongiform encephalopathy — ‘Mad cow’
disease)

(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
in the European Court Reports)

(2001/C 289/06)

(Language of the case: Portuguese)

(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
in the European Court Reports)

In Case C-365/99: Portuguese Republic (Agents: L. Fernandes
and M.J. Abecassis, assisted by C. Aguiar, T. Ferreira de
Lima and G. van der Wal) v Commission of the European
Communities — application for annulment of Commission
Decision 99/517/EC of 28 July 1999 amending Decision
98/653/EC concerning emergency measures made necessary
by the occurrence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in
Portugal (OJ 1999 L 197, p. 45), in so far as it extends until
1 February 2000 the restriction on exports prescribed by
Article 4 of Commission Decision 98/653/EC of 18 November
1998 concerning emergency measures made necessary by the
occurrence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Portugal
(Fifth Chamber),
(OJ 1998 L 311, p. 23) — the Court
composed of: A. La Pergola, President of
the Chamber,
M. Wathelet, D.A.O. Edward, L. Sevo´ n (Rapporteur) and S. von
Bahr, Judges; J. Mischo, Advocate General; H.A. Rühl, Principal
Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on
12 July 2001, in which it:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders the Portuguese Republic to bear its own costs.

(1) OJ C 366 of 18.12.1999.

In Case C-189/01: reference to the Court under Article 234
EC from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven
(Netherlands), for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings
pending before that court between H. Jippes, Afdeling Gronin-
gen van de Nederlandse Vereniging tot Bescherming van
Dieren and Afdeling Assen en omstreken van de Nederlandse
Vereniging tot Bescherming van Dieren and Minister van
Landbouw, Natuurbeheer en Visserij — on the interpretation
of the validity of Article 13 of Council Directive 85/511/EEC
of 18 November 1985 introducing Community measures for
the control of foot-and-mouth disease (OJ 1985 L 315, p. 11),
as amended by Council Directive 90/423/EEC of 26 June 1990
(OJ 1990 L 224, p. 13), and of Commission Decision
2001/246/EC of 27 March 2001 laying down the conditions
for the control and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease in
the Netherlands in application of Article 13 of Directive
85/511/EEC (OJ 2001 L 88, p. 21), as amended by Commission
Decision 2001/279/EC of 5 April 2001 (OJ 2001 L 96, p. 19)
— the Court, composed of: G.C. Rodrı´guez Iglesias, President,
C. Gulmann, A. La Pergola, M. Wathelet, V. Skouris (Presidents
of Chambers), D.A.O. Edward, P. Jann, L Sevo´ n (Rapporteur),
R. Schintgen, F. Macken, N. Colneric, S. von Bahr and
J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, Judges; J. Mischo, Advocate General;
H.A. Rühl, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given
a judgment on 12 July 2001, in which it has ruled:

1.

2.

Consideration of the first question has not disclosed any factor
of such a kind as to affect the validity of Article 13 of Council
Directive 85/511/EEC of 18 November 1985 introducing
Community measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease,
as amended by Council Directive 90/423/EEC of 26 June
1990.

Consideration of the second question has not disclosed any
factor of such a kind as to affect the validity of Commission