Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 29 June 2004 in Case C-486/01 P: Front National v European Parliament (Appeal — Statement of formation of a group within the meaning of Rule 29(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament — Lack of political affinities — Retroactive dissolution of the TDI Group — Cross-appeal — Interpretation of the fourth paragraph of Article 230 EC — Meaning of decision of ‘direct and individual’ concern to a natural or legal person — Inadmissibility of action brought by a national political party)
Date: 2004-08-28
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Parliament, France, General Court (EU), action for annulment (EU), constitutional law, operation of the Institutions, political parties

28.8.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 217/1

I

(Information)

COURT OF JUSTICE

COURT OF JUSTICE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Grand Chamber)

of 29 June 2004

in Case C-486/01 P:

Front National v European

Parliament (1)

(Appeal — Statement of formation of a group within the
meaning of Rule 29(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the Euro-
pean Parliament — Lack of political affinities — Retroactive
dissolution of the TDI Group — Cross-appeal — Interpreta-
tion of the fourth paragraph of Article 230 EC — Meaning
of decision of ‘direct and individual’ concern to a natural or
legal person — Inadmissibility of action brought by a
national political party)

(2004/C 217/01)

(Language of the case: French)

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

the European Communities

In Case C-486/01 P: Front National, established at Saint-Cloud
(France)
(avocats: F. Wagner and V. de Poulpiquet de Bres-
canvel) — appeal against the judgment of the Court of First
Instance of
(Third Chamber,
Extended Composition) of 2 October 2001 in Joined Cases T-
222/99, T-327/99 and T-329/99 Martinez and Others v Parlia-
ment [2001] ECR II-2823, seeking to have that judgment set
the other party to the proceedings being: European
aside,
Parliament (Agents: G. Garzón Clariana, J. Schoo and H. Krück)
— the Court (Grand Chamber), composed of: V. Skouris, Presi-
dent, P. Jann, C.W.A. Timmermans (Rapporteur), A. Rosas, J.-
P. Puissochet and J.N. Cunha Rodrigues (Presidents of Cham-
bers), R. Schintgen, F. Macken, N. Colneric, S. von Bahr and R.
Silva de Lapuerta, Judges; D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, Advocate
General; M. Múgica Arzamendi, Principal Administrator, for the
Registrar, has given a judgment on 29 June 2004, in which it:

1. Sets aside the judgment of the Court of First Instance of the Euro-
pean Communities of 2 October 2001 in Joined Cases T-222/
99, T-327/99 and T-329/99 Martinez and Others v Parliament
in so far as it declared admissible the action brought by the Front
National (Case T-327/99);

2. Dismisses as

the action brought by the Front
National for annulment of the European Parliament's Decision of

inadmissible

14 September 1999 concerning the interpretation of Rule 29(1)
of the Parliament's Rules of Procedure and dissolving with retroac-
tive effect the ‘Groupe technique des députés indépendants (TDI) –
Groupe mixte’;

3. Finds that there is no longer any need to adjudicate on the appeal
brought by the Front National against the judgment referred to in
paragraph 1 of the operative part of this judgment;

4. Orders the Front National to pay the costs incurred by the Euro-
pean Parliament both in these proceedings and in the proceedings
for interim measures.

(1) OJ C 84 of 6.4.2002.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Second Chamber)

of 8 July 2004

in Joined Cases C-502/01 and C-31/02 (reference for a
preliminary ruling from the Sozialgericht Hannover and
the Sozialgericht Aachen): Silke Gaumain-Cerri v Kauf-
männische Krankenkasse-Pflegekasse, and Maria Barth v
Landesversicherungsanstalt Rheinprovinz (1)

(Social security — Freedom of movement for workers — EC
Treaty — Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 — Benefits
designed to cover the risk of becoming reliant on care —
Payment by the care insurance of old age insurance contribu-
tions of the carer assisting the reliant person)

(2004/C 217/02)

(Language of the case: German)

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

In Joined Cases C-502/01 and C-31/02: Reference to the Court
under Article 234 EC from the the Sozialgericht Hannover