Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 14 April 2005 in Case C-110/03: Kingdom of Belgium v Commission of the European Communities (Action for anuulment — Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002 — Horizontal State aid — Aid for employment — Legal certainty — Subsidiarity — Proportionality — Coherence of Community action — Non-discrimination — Regulation (EC) No 994/98 — Objection of illegality)
Date: 2005-05-28
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Belgium, European Commission, State aid, action for annulment (EU), aid system, employment aid

C 132/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

28.5.2005

Britain and Northern Ireland (Agents: P. Ormond and C.
Jackson and D. Wyatt, R. Plender and S. Tromans), supported
by French Republic, (Agents: R. Abraham, G. de Bergues and
E. Puisais) — action for failure to fulfil obligations under
Article 141 EA, brought on 14 February 2003 — the Court
(Grand Chamber), composed of V. Skouris, President, P. Jann,
C.W.A. Timmermans, A. Rosas
(Rapporteur), R. Silva de
and A. Borg Barthet, Presidents of Chambers,
Lapuerta
J. N. Cunha Rodrigues, P. Kūris,
N. Colneric, S. von Bahr,
E.
Judges; L. A. Geelhoed,
Advocate General; H. von Holstein, Deputy Registrar, for the
Registrar, gave a judgment on 12 April 2005, in which it:

Juhász, G. Arestis and M.

Ilešič,

1. Dismisses the application;

2. Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay the

costs;

3. Orders the French Republic to bear its own costs.

(1) OJ C 101 of 26.04.2003.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Second Chamber)

of 17 March 2005

in Case C-91/03: Kingdom of Spain v Council of the Euro-
pean Union (1)

(Conservation and exploitation of

fisheries resources —

Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002)

(2005/C 132/07)

(Language of the case: Spanish)

In Case C-91/03, action for annulment under Article 230 EC,
brought on 28 February 2003, Kingdom of Spain (Agent: N.
Díaz Abad) v Council of the European Union (Agents: J.
Carbery, F. Florindo Gijón and M. Balta), supported by the
Commission of the European Communities (Agents: T. van
Rijn and S. Pardo Quintillàn), and the French Republic
(Agents: G. de Bergues and A. Colomb) — the Court (Second
Chamber), composed of C.W.A. Timmermans, President of the
Chamber, C. Gulmann, R. Schintgen, P. Kūris (Rapporteur) and
J. Klučka, Judges; A. Tizzano, Advocate General; K. Sztranc,
Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 17
March 2005, in which it:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs and those

incurred by the Council of the European Union;

3. Orders the French Republic and the Commission of the European

Communities to bear their own costs.

(1) OJ C 135 of 07.06.2003.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Third Chamber)

of 14 April 2005

in Case C-110/03: Kingdom of Belgium v Commission of
the European Communities (1)

(Action for anuulment — Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002 —
Horizontal State aid — Aid for employment — Legal
certainty — Subsidiarity — Proportionality — Coherence of
Community action — Non-discrimination — Regulation (EC)
No 994/98 — Objection of illegality)

(2005/C 132/08)

(Language of the case: French)

E. Dominkovits,

and subsequently by

initially A.
In Case C-110/03 Kingdom of Belgium (Agents:
Snoecx,
assisted
D. Waelbroeck and D. Brinckman) v Commission of the Euro-
pean Communities (Agent: G. Rozet) — action for annulment
under Article 230 EC, brought before the Court on 10 March
2003 — the Court (Third Chamber), composed of A. Rosas,
President of the Chamber, A. Borg Barthet, J. P. Puissochet, J.
Malenovský (Rapporteur) and U. Lõhmus,
Judges; D. Ruiz-
Jarabo Colomer, Advocate General; M.-F. Contet, Principal
Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 14 April
2005, in which it:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 112 of 10.05.2003.