Judgment of the Court of 10 July 2003 in Case C-11/00: Commission of the European Communities v European Investment Bank (European Central Bank (ECB) — Decision 1999/726/EC on fraud prevention — Protection of the Communities' financial interests — European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) — Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 — Applicability to the ECB — Plea of illegality — Admissibility — Independence of the ECB — Article 108 EC — Legal basis — Article 280 EC — Consultation of the ECB — Article 105(4) EC — Proportionality)
Date: 2003-09-06
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Central Bank, European Commission, action for annulment (EU), corruption, fraud, operation of the Institutions

6.9.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 213/1

I

(Information)

COURT OF JUSTICE

COURT OF JUSTICE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

1. Annuls Decision 1999/726/EC of the European Central Bank
of 7 October 1999 on fraud prevention (ECB/1999/5);

of 10 July 2003

2. Orders the European Central Bank to pay the costs;

in Case C-11/00: Commission of the European Communi-
ties v European Investment Bank (1)

3. Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the European Parlia-
ment and the Council of the European Union to bear their own
costs.

(European Central Bank (ECB) — Decision 1999/726/EC
on fraud prevention — Protection of the Communities’
financial interests — European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)
— Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 — Applicability to the
ECB — Plea of illegality — Admissibility — Independence
the ECB — Article 108 EC — Legal basis —
of
the ECB —
Article 280 EC — Consultation of

Article 105(4) EC — Proportionality)

(1) OJ C 122 of 29.4.2000.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(2003/C 213/01)

of 10 July 2003

(Language of the case: French)

in Case C-15/00: Commission of the European Communi-
ties v European Investment Bank (1)

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

In Case C-11/00, Commission of the European Communities
(Agents: C.W.A. Timmermans, H.P. Hartvig and U. Wölker,
and, subsequently, J.-L. Dewost, H.P. Hartvig and U. Wölker)
supported by Kingdom of the Netherlands (Agent: M.A. Fiers-
tra, and, subsequently, J. van Bakel) by European Parliament
(Agents: J. Schoo and H. Duintjer Tebbens) and by Council of
the European Union (Agents: J. Aussant F. van Craeyenest and
F. Anton) v European Investment Bank (Agents: A. Sáinz de
Vicuña and C. Zilioli, assisted by A. Dashwood, barrister):
Application for annulment of Decision 1999/726/EC of the
European Central Bank of 7 October 1999 on fraud prevention
(ECB/1999/5) (OJ 1999 L 291, p. 36), the Court, composed
of: G.C. Rodríguez Iglesias, President,
J.-P. Puissochet,
M. Wathelet and R. Schintgen (Presidents of Chambers),
C. Gulmann, D.A.O. Edward, A. La Pergola (Rapporteur),
P. Jann, V. Skouris, F. Macken, N. Colneric, S. von Bahr and
A. Rosas, Judges; F.G. Jacobs, Advocate General; R. Grass,
Registrar, has given a judgment on 10 July 2003, in which it:

(European Investment Bank (EIB) — Decision of the Man-
agement Committee — Action for annulment — Jurisdiction
of the Court — Article 237 EC — Protection of the
Communities’ financial interests — European Anti-Fraud
Office (OLAF) — Regulations (EC) No 1073/1999 and
(Euratom) No 1074/1999 — Applicability to EIB — Pleas
of illegality — Independence of the EIB — Legal bases —
Articles 280 EC and 203 EA — Proportionality — Statement
of reasons)

(2003/C 213/02)

(Language of the case: French)

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

In Case C-15/00, Commission of the European Communities
(Agents: C.W.A. Timmermans, H.P. Hartvig and C. Gómez de
la Cruz, and, subsequently, J.-L. Dewost, H.P. Hartvig and
C. Gómez de la Cruz) supported by Kingdom of the Nether-