Judgment of the Court of 29 November 2001 in Case C-366/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État): Joseph Griesmar v Ministre de l'Économie, des Finances et de l'Industrie and Ministre de la Fonction publique, de la Réforme de l'État et de la Décentralisation (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treatment for men and women — Applicability of Article 119 of the EC Treaty (Articles 117 to 120 of the EC Treaty have been replaced by Articles 136 EC to 143 EC) or Directive 79/7/EEC — French civil and military retirement pension scheme — Service credit for children awarded to female civil servants — Whether permissible in the light of Article 6(3) of the Agreement on Social Policy or the provisions of Directive 79/7/EEC)
Date: 2002-04-06
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European official, France, gender equality, interpretation of the law, pay, pension scheme

C 84/8

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Official Journal of the European Communities

6.4.2002

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

of 6 December 2001

of 29 November 2001

in Case C-353/99 P: Council of the European Union v
Heidi Hautala and Others (1)

(Appeal — Public right of access to Council documents —
Council Decision 93/731/EC — Exceptions to access to
documents — Protection of the public interest concerning
international relations — Partial access)

(2002/C 84/13)

(Language of the case: English)

in Case C-366/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling
from the Conseil d’E´ tat): Joseph Griesmar v Ministre de
l’E´ conomie, des Finances et de l’Industrie and Ministre de
la Fonction publique, de la Réforme de l’E´ tat et de la
Décentralisation (1)

(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to 120 of the EC Treaty have been replaced by Articles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 — Service credit
for children awarded to female civil servants — Whether
permissible in the light of Article 6(3) of the Agreement on
Social Policy or the provisions of Directive 79/7/EEC)

In Case C-353/99 P: Council of the European Union (Agents:
J. Aussant, G. Maganza and M. Bauer), supported by Kingdom
of Spain (Agent: R. Silva de Lapuerta) — appeal against the
judgment of the Court of First Instance of the European
Communities (First Chamber) of 19 July 1999 in Case T-14/98
Hautala v Council [1999] ECR II-2489, seeking to have that
judgment set aside, the other parties to the proceedings being:
Heidi Hautala, Member of the European Parliament (Lawyers:
O.W. Brouwer and T. Janssens), supported by Kingdom of
Denmark (Agent: J. Molde), and by United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland (Agent: J.E. Collins and H. Davies),
Republic of Finland,
first H. Rotkirch and then
T. Pynnä), Kingdom of Sweden (Agent: A. Kruse) and French
Republic — the Court, composed of: G.C. Rodrı´guez Iglesias,
President, P. Jann, F. Macken, N. Colneric and S. von Bahr
(Presidents of Chambers), C. Gulmann, D.A.O. Edward, A. La
Pergola, J.-P. Puissochet, M. Wathelet, V. Skouris, J.N. Cunha
Rodrigues (Rapporteur) and C.W.A. Timmermans,
Judges;
P. Léger, Advocate General; D. Louterman-Hubeau, Head of
Division, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 6 Decem-
ber 2001, in which it:

(Agents:

1. Dismisses the appeal;

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

3. Orders the Kingdom of Spain, the Kingdom of Denmark, the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the
Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to bear their
own costs.

(1) OJ C 333 of 20.11.1999.

(2002/C 84/14)

(Language of the case: French)

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

In Case C-366/99: reference to the Court under Article 234
EC from the Conseil d’E´ tat (Council of State) (France) for a
preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that
court between Joseph Griesmar and Ministre de l’E´ conomie,
des Finances et de l’Industrie and Ministre de la Fonction
publique, de la Réforme de l’E´ tat et de la Décentralisation —
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), Article 6(3) of the Agreement on
Social Policy (OJ 1992 C 191, p. 91) 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,
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, V. Skouris (Rapporteur) and J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, Judges;
S. Alber, Advocate General; L. Hewlett, Administrator, for the
Registrar, has given a judgment on 29 November 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).

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Notwithstanding what is provided in Article 6(3) of the Agreement
on Social Policy, a provision such as Article L. 12(b) of the French
Civil and Military Retirement Pensions Code infringes the principle
of equal pay inasmuch as it excludes male civil servants who are able
to prove that they assumed the task of bringing up their children
from entitlement to the credit which it introduces for the calculation
of retirement pensions.

1. Declares that, by failing to adopt the measures necessary to
transpose in full Article 7(3) of Council Directive 93/13/CEE
of 5 December 1993 on unfair terms in consumer contracts,
the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under the
Directive;

2. Orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 366 of 18.12.1999.

(1) OJ C 352 of 4.12.1999.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Fifth Chamber)

of 24 January 2002

(Fifth Chamber)

of 6 December 2001

in Case C-372/99: Commission of the European Communi-
ties v Italian Republic (1)

in Case C-373/99: Hellenic Republic v Commission of the
European Communities (1)

(Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations —
Directive 93/13/CEE — Unfair terms in contracts concluded
with consumers — Means to prevent the use of those clauses)

(EAGGF — Clearance of accounts — 1995 financial year
— Fruit and vegetables — Arable crops)

(2002/C 84/15)

(Language of the case: Italian)

(2002/C 84/16)

(Language of the case: Greek)

(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-372/99, Commission of the European Communities
initially
(agent: P. Stancanelli) v Italian Republic (agents:
U. Leanza, assisted by P.G. Ferri and, subsequently, U. Leanza,
assisted by G. de Bellis): Application for a declaration that, by
failing to adopt the measures necessary to:

— apply the provisions of Council Directive 93/13/EEC of
5 April 1993 on unfair terms in consumer contracts (OJ
1993 L 95, p. 29) to all contracts concluded between
consumers and sellers or suppliers;

— transpose the third sentence of Article 5 of that directive,

and

In Case C-373/99: Hellenic Republic (Agents: V. Kontolaimos
and I.-K. Chalkias) v Commission of the European Communi-
ties (Agent: M. Condou-Durande) — application for partial
annulment of Commission Decision 1999/596/EC of 28 July
1999 amending Decision 1999/187/EC on the clearance of
the accounts presented by the Member States in respect of the
expenditure for 1995 of the Guarantee Section of the European
Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) (OJ 1999
L 226, p. 26) — the Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of:
P. Jann, President of the Chamber, S. von Bahr, D.A.O. Edward,
A. La Pergola and L. Sevo´ n (Rapporteur), Judges; A. Tizzano,
Advocate General; L. Hewlett, Administrator, for the Registrar,
has given a judgment on 6 December 2001, in which it:

— transpose in full Articles 6(2) and 7(3) of that directive,
its obligations

the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil
under that directive,

1. Dismisses the application;

2. Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.

the Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of: P. Jann (Rapporteur),
President of the Chamber, D.A.O. Edward and A. La Pergola,
Judges, Advocate General: S. Alber, Registrar: R. Grass, has
given a judgment on 24 January 2001, in which it has ruled:

(1) OJ C 6 of 8.1.2000.