Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 13 December 2001 in Case C-372/00: Commission of the European Communities v Ireland (Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Directive 96/48/EC — Interoperability of the trans-European high-speed rail system)
Date: 2002-02-16
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Ireland, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, high-speed transport, rail transport, trans-European network

C 44/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

16.2.2002

European Communities (Fourth Chamber) of 14 July 2000 in
Case T-82/99 Cwik v Commission [2000] ECR-SC I-A-155
and II-713, seeking to have that judgment set aside, the other
party to the proceedings being: Michael Cwik, an official of
the Commission of the European Communities, residing in
Brussels (Belgium), represented by N. Lhoëst, avocat — 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, M. Wathe-
let (Rapporteur), R. Schintgen and V. Skouris, Judges; Advocate
General: D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, L. Hewlett, Administrator,
for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 13 December 2001,
in which it:

1. Dismisses the appeal;

2. Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay

the costs.

(1) OJ C 335, 25.11.2000.

1. Declares that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with Council
Directive 96/48/EC of 23 July 1996 on the interoperability of
the trans-European high-speed rail system, Ireland has failed to
fulfil its obligations under that directive.

2. Orders Ireland to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 355, 9.12.2000.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Third Chamber)

of 13 December 2001

in Case C-446/00 P: Pascual Juan Cubero Vermurie v
Commission of the European Communities (1)

(Appeal — Officials — Promotions — Mobility)

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(2002/C 44/11)

(First Chamber)

of 13 December 2001

(Language of the case: French)

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

in Case C-372/00: Commission of the European Communi-
ties v Ireland (1)

(Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations —
Directive 96/48/EC — Interoperability of the trans-Euro-
pean high-speed rail system)

(2002/C 44/10)

(Language of the case: English)

In Case C-372/00: Commission of the European Communities
(Agent: M. Wolfcarius) v Ireland (Agent: D.J. O’Hagan) —
application for a declaration that, by failing to adopt the laws,
regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply
with Council Directive 96/48/EC of 23 July 1996 on the
interoperability of the trans-European high-speed rail system
(OJ 1996 L 235, p. 6), Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations
under that directive — the Court (First Chamber), composed
of: P. Jann, President of the Chamber, L. Sevo´ n (Rapporteur)
and M. Wathelet, Judges; L.A. Geelhoed, Advocate General;
R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 13 December
2001, in which it:

In Case C-446/00: Pascual Juan Cubero Vermurie, an official
of the Commission of the European Communities, residing in
Brussels (Belgium), represented by E. Boigelot, avocat —
APPEAL against the judgment of the Court of First Instance of
the European Communities (Fifth Chamber) of 3 October
2000 in Case T-187/98 Cubero Vermurie v Commission
[2000] ECR I-A-195 and II-885, seeking to have that judgment
set aside and the same form of order as that sought by the
appellant at first instance, the other party to the proceedings
being: Commission of the European Communities (Agent:
C. Berardis-Kayser, assisted by B. Wägenbaur) — the Court
(Third Chamber), composed of: C. Gulmann, acting for the
President of the Third Chamber, J.-P. Puissochet and J.N. Cunha
Rodrigues (Rapporteur), Judges; C. Stix-Hackl, Advocate Gen-
eral; L. Hewlett, Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a
judgment on 13 December 2001, in which it:

1. Dismisses the appeal;

2. Orders Mr Cubero Vermurie to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 45, 10.2.2001.