Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 13 December 2001 in Case C-131/00 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Länsrätten i Norrbottens län): Ingemar Nilsson v Länsstyrelsen i Norrbottens län (Common agricultural policy — Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 — Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92 — Integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes — Detailed rules for application — Register of animals not kept up to date by farmer — Penalties)
Date: 2002-02-16
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU aid, aid system, aid to agriculture, animal production, interpretation of the law

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Articles 4(2) and 9(2) of Directive 97/33/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 1997 on interconnection
in Telecommunications with regard to ensuring universal service and
interoperability through application of
the principles of Open
Network Provision (ONP) must be interpreted as not precluding the
Member States from authorising national regulatory authorities to
impose on an operator having significant power on the market the ex
ante obligation to provide access to the local subscriber loop and to
offer interconnection at local and higher-level switching centres.

1. Annuls Council Regulation (EC) No 2772/1999 of
21 December 1999 providing for the general rules for a
compulsory beef labelling system;

2. Orders that the effects of those provisions of the contested
regulation pursuant to which the Member States may have
adopted decisions which could be affected by the annulment are
to be regarded as definitive;

(1) OJ C 135 of 13.5.2000.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

of 13 December 2001

in Case C-93/00: European Parliament v Council of the
European Union (1)

(Regulation (EC) No 2772/1999 — Beef labelling system —
Competence of the Council)

(2002/C 44/06)

(Language of the case: French)

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

In Case C-93/00: European Parliament (Agents: C. Pennera and
E. Waldherr) v Council of
the European Union (Agents:
G. Maganza and J. Monteiro), supported by Kingdom of Spain
(Agent: R. Silva de Lapuerta) and by Commission of the
European Communities (Agent: G. Berscheid) — application
for annulment of Council Regulation (EC) No 2772/1999 of
21 December 1999 providing for the general rules for a
compulsory beef labelling system (OJ 1999 L 334, p. 1) — the
Court, composed of: G.C. Rodrı´guez Iglesias, President, P. Jann,
F. Macken, N. Colneric and S. von Bahr (Presidents of
Chambers), A. La Pergola, J.-P. Puissochet, L. Sevo´ n (Rapporte-
ur), M. Wathelet, V. Skouris and J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, Judges;
C. Stix-Hackl, Advocate General; L. Hewlett, Administrator, for
the Registrar, has given a judgement on 13 December 2001,
in which it:

3. Orders the Council of the European Union to pay the costs;

4. Orders the Kingdom of Spain and the Commission of the

European Communities to bear their own costs.

(1) OJ C 135 of 13.5.2000.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Fifth Chamber)

of 13 December 2001

in Case C-131/00 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from
the Länsrätten i Norrbottens län): Ingemar Nilsson v
Länsstyrelsen i Norrbottens län (1)

agricultural

policy — Regulation

(EEC)
(Common
No 3508/92 — Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92 — Integrated
administration and control system for certain Community
aid schemes — Detailed rules for application — Register of
animals not kept up to date by farmer — Penalties)

(2002/C 44/07)

(Language of the case: Swedish)

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

In Case C-131/00: Reference to the Court under Article 234
for a
EC by the Länsrätten i Norrbottens län (Sweden)
preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court
between Ingemar Nilsson and Länsstyrelsen i Norrbottens
län on the interpretation of Article 5 of Regulation (EEC)
No 3508/92 of 27 November 1992 establishing an integrated
administration and control system for certain Community aid
schemes (OJ 1992 L 355, p. 1), the Court (Fifth Chamber),

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composed of: S. von Bahr, President of the Fourth Chamber,
acting for the President of the Fifth Chamber, D.A.O. Edward,
A. La Pergola, L. Sevo´ n (Rapporteur) and C.W.A. Timmermans,
Judges, Advocate General: C. Stix-Hackl, Registrar: R. Grass,
has given a judgment on 13 December 2001, in which it has
ruled:

Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 of 27 November
1992 establishing an integrated administration and control system
for certain Community aid schemes, read together with Council
Directive 92/102/EEC of 27 November 1992 on the identification
and registration of animals and Articles 6(5) and 13 of Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92 of 23 December 1992 laying down
detailed rules for applying the integrated administration and control
system for certain Community aid schemes, as amended by Com-
mission Regulation (EC) No 1648/95 of 6 July 1995, must be
interpreted as meaning that entitlement to a compensatory allowance
must be refused, except in cases of force majeure, solely because of the
absence of any entries in the register of animals kept by the farmer.

(1) OJ C 163, 10.6.2000.

l’académie de Reims, intervener: Syndicat général de l’E´ duca-
tion nationale et de la Recherche publique CFDT de la Marne
(SGEN CFDT 51), on the interpretation of Article 119 of the
EC Treaty (Articles 117 to 120 of the EC Treaty have been
replaced by Articles 136 EC to 143 EC), and Council Directive
79/7/EEC of 19 December 1978 on the progressive implemen-
tation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women
in matters of social security (OJ 1979 L 6, p. 24), the Court
(Second Chamber), composed of: N. Colneric, President of the
Chamber, R. Schintgen and V. Skouris (Rapporteur), Judges,
Advocate General: S. Alber, Registrar: R. Grass, has given a
judgment on 13 December 2001, in which it has ruled:

Pensions provided under a scheme such as the French retirement
scheme for civil servants fall within the scope of Article 119 of the
EC Treaty (Articles 117 to 120 of the EC Treaty have been replaced
by Articles 136 EC to 143 EC).

The principle of equal pay for men and women enshrined in
Article 119 of the Treaty is infringed by a provision of national law
such as Article L.24-I-3o(b) of the Civil and Military Retirement
Pensions Code which, in providing that only female civil servants
whose husbands suffer from a disability or incurable illness making
it impossible for them to undertake any form of employment are
entitled to a retirement pension with immediate effect, deprives male
civil servants in the same situation of that right.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(1) OJ C 211, 22.7.2000.

(Second Chamber)

of 13 December 2001

in Case C-206/00 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from
the Tribunal Administratif de Châlons-en-Champagne):
Henri Mouflin v Recteur de l’académie de Reims (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Equal
treatment for men and women — Applicability of Article 119
of the EC Treaty (Articles 117 to 120 of the EC Treaty have
been replaced by Articles 136 EC to 143 EC) or Directive
79/7/EEC — French civil and military retirement pension
scheme — Entitlement to a retirement pension with immedi-
ate effect for women only)

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

of 13 December 2001

in Case C-340/00 P: Commission of the European Com-
munities v Michael Cwik (1)

(Appeal — Officials — Article 17, second paragraph, of the
Staff Regulations — Freedom of expression — Limits —
Statement of reasons)

(2002/C 44/08)

(Language of the case: French)

(2002/C 44/09)

(Language of the case: French)

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

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

In Case C-206/00: Reference to the Court under Article 234
EC by the Tribunal Aministratif de Châlons-en-Champagne
(France) for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending
before that court between Henri Mouflin and Recteur de

In Case C-340/00 P: Commission of the European Communi-
ties (Agent:
J. Currall, assisted by D. Waelbroeck), appeal
against the judgment of the Court of First Instance of the