Judgment of the Court of 6 March 2003 in Case C-41/00 P: Interporc Im- und Export GmbH v Commission of the European Communities (Appeals — Decision 94/90/ECSC, EC, Euratom — Access to documents — Documents held by the Commission and emanating from the Member States or third countries — Authorship rule)
Date: 2003-04-26
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: General Court (EU), action for annulment (EU), application of EU law, firm governed by commercial law, judicial proceedings, meat product

26.4.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 101/1

I

(Information)

COURT OF JUSTICE

COURT OF JUSTICE

Request by the Council of the European Union for an
Opinion pursuant to Article 300(6) EC

(Opinion 1/03)

(2003/C 101/01)

The Court of Justice of the European Communities has received
a request for an Opinion pursuant to Article 300(6) EC, lodged
at the Court Registry on 10 March 2003 by the Council of the
European Union, represented by J. Schutte and J.-P. Hix, acting
as Agents.

The Council of the European Union asks the Court of Justice
to reply to the following question:

Does conclusion of the new Lugano Convention on jurisdiction
and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and
commercial matters, as provided for at points 8 to 12 of this
document,
fall entirely within the Community’s exclusive
competence or is competence shared between the Community
and the Member States?

against the judgment of the Court of First Instance of the
European Communities (First Chamber, Extended Compo-
sition) in Case T-92/98 Interporc v Commission [1999] ECR
II-3521, seeking to have that judgment set aside in part, the
other party to the proceedings being: Commission of the
European Communities (Agent: U. Wölker), the Court, compo-
sed of: G.C. Rodríguez Iglesias, President, J.-P. Puissochet,
R. Schintgen and C.W.A. Timmermans, Presidents of Cham-
bers, C. Gulmann, D.A.O. Edward, A. La Pergola (Rapporteur),
P. Jann, N. Colneric, S. von Bahr and J.N. Cunha Rodrigues,
Judges; P. Léger, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has
given a judgment on 6 March 2003, in which it:

1. Dismisses the appeal;

2. Orders Interporc Im- und Export GmbH to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 149 of 27.5.2000.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

of 6 March 2003

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Sixth Chamber)

of 6 March 2003

in Case C-41/00 P: Interporc Im- und Export GmbH v
Commission of the European Communities (1)

in Case C-240/00: Commission of the European Communi-
ties v Republic of Finland (1)

(Appeals — Decision 94/90/ECSC, EC, Euratom — Access
to documents — Documents held by the Commission and
emanating from the Member States or third countries —
Authorship rule)

(2003/C 101/02)

(Language of the case: German)

(Directive 79/409/EEC — Protection of wild birds and their
habitats — Special protection areas)

(2003/C 101/03)

(Language of the case: Finnish)

(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-41/00 P, Interporc Im- und Export GmbH, estab-
lished in Hamburg (Germany), (Agent: G.M. Berrisch): Appeal

In Case C-240/00, Commission of the European Communities
(Agents: E. Paasivirta and R.B. Wainwright) v Republic of