Judgment of the Court of 21 January 2003 in Case C-378/00: Commission of the European Communities v European Parliament and Council of the European Union (Comitology — Council Decision 1999/468/EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission — Criteria for choosing between the different procedures for adopting implementing measures — Effects — Obligation to state reasons — Annulment in part of Regulation (EC) No 1655/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE))
Date: 2003-03-08
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Council of the European Union, EU financial instrument, European Parliament, action for annulment (EU), comitology, environmental protection, management

8.3.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 55/3

des Dauphins and Newcastle United Football Company Ltd,
on the interpretation of Article 59 of the EC Treaty (now,
after amendment, Article 49 EC), the Court, composed of:
G.C. Rodríguez Iglesias, President,
J.-P. Puissochet and
M. Wathelet
(Presidents of Chambers), C. Gulmann,
D.A.O. Edward, P. Jann (Rapporteur), V. Skouris, F. Macken,
N. Colneric, S. von Bahr and J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, Judges;
A. Tizzano, Advocate General; L. Hewlett, Principal Adminis-
trator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 21 January
2003, in which it has ruled:

The reference for a preliminary ruling made by the High Court of
Justice of England and Wales, Queen’s Bench Division, by order of
28 July 2000 is inadmissible.

( 1) OJ C 302 of 21.10.2000.

powers conferred on the Commission (OJ 1999 L 184, p. 23),
the Court, composed of: G.C. Rodríguez Iglesias, President,
J.-P. Puissochet and M. Wathelet (Presidents of Chambers),
C. Gulmann, A. La Pergola (Rapporteur), P. Jann, V. Skouris,
F. Macken, N. Colneric, S. von Bahr and J.N. Cunha Rodrigues,
Judges; L.A. Geelhoed, Advocate General; M.-F. Contet, Admin-
istrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 21 January
2003, in which it:

1. Annuls Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1655/2000 of
the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000
the Environment
concerning the Financial
(LIFE);

Instrument

for

2. Declares that the measures for the implementation of Regulation
No 1655/2000 already adopted at the time of the present
judgment are not affected by it;

3. Declares that

the effects of Article 11(2) of Regulation
No 1655/2000 are to be fully maintained until the Parliament
and the Council adopt new provisions concerning the committee
procedure to which the measures for the implementation of that
regulation are subject;

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

4. Orders the European Parliament and the Council of

the

of 21 January 2003

in Case C-378/00: Commission of the European Communi-
ties v European Parliament and Council of the European
Union (1)

(Comitology — Council Decision 1999/468/EC laying down
the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers
conferred on the Commission — Criteria for choosing
between the different procedures for adopting implementing
measures — Effects — Obligation to state reasons —
Annulment in part of Regulation (EC) No 1655/2000 of the
European Parliament and of the Council concerning the
Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE))

(2003/C 55/05)

(Language of the case: French)

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

In Case C-378/00, Commission of the European Communities
(Agent: D. Maidani) v European Parliament (Agents: C. Pennera
and M. Moore), and Council of the European Union (Agents:
J.-P. Jacqué and G. Houttuin) supported by United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Agent: G. Amodeo, assisted
by M. Hoskins): Application for the annulment of Regulation
(EC) No 1655/2000 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 17 July 2000 concerning the Financial Instrument
for the Environment (LIFE) (OJ 2000 L 192, p. 1), in so far as
it makes the adoption of measures for the implementation of
the LIFE programme subject to the regulatory procedure under
Article 5 of Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999
laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing

European Union to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 355 of 9.12.2000.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Sixth Chamber)

of 23 January 2003

In Joined Cases C-421/00, C-426/00 and C-16/01 (Refer-
ence for a preliminary ruling from the Unabhängiger
Verwaltungssenat für Kärnten, the Unabhängiger Verwal-
tungssenat Wien and Verwaltungsgerichtshof): Renate
Sterbenz and Paul Dieter Haug (1)

(Approximation of laws — Articles 28 EC and 30 EC —
Directive 79/112/EEC — Labelling and presentation of
foodstuffs)

(2003/C 55/06)

(Language of the case: German)

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

In Joined Cases C-421/00, C-426/00 and C-16/01: References
to the Court under Article 234 EC by the Unabhängiger
Verwaltungssenat für Kärnten (Austria),
the Unabhängiger
Verwaltungssenat Wien (Austria) and the Verwaltungsgerichts-
(Austria) respectively for preliminary rulings in the
hof
criminal proceedings pending before those courts against
Renate Sterbenz (C-421/00) and Paul Dieter Haug (C-426/00