Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of  13 September 2005  in Case C-176/03: Commission of the European Communities v Council of the European Union (Action for annulment — Articles 29 EU, 31(e) EU, 34 EU and 47 EU — Framework Decision 2003/80/JHA — Protection of the environment — Criminal penalties — Community competence — Legal basis — Article 175 EC)
Date: 2005-12-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Council of the European Union, European Commission, action for annulment (EU), environmental protection, infringement of EU law, penalty

C 315/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

10.12.2005

1. Declares that, by maintaining a system of compulsory prior notifi-
cation for imports of certain food products of animal origin from
other Member States, the Kingdom of Sweden has failed to fulfil
its obligations under Article 5 of Council Directive 89/662/EEC
of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Com-
munity trade with a view to the completion of the internal market;

Barthet, Presidents of Chambers, R. Schintgen (Rapporteur), N.
Colneric, S. von Bahr, J. N. Cunha Rodrigues, G. Arestis, M.
Ilešič and J. Malenovský, Judges; D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, Advo-
cate General; K. Sztranc, Administrator, for the Registrar, gave
a judgment on 13 September 2005, in which it:

2. Orders the Kingdom of Sweden to pay the costs;

3. Orders the Republic of Finland to bear its own costs.

(1) OJ C 112, 10.05.2003.

1. Annuls Council Framework Decision 2003/80/JHA of 27
January 2003 on the protection of the environment through crim-
inal law;

2. Orders the Council of the European Union to pay the costs;

3. Orders

the Kingdom of Denmark,
the Hellenic Republic,

the Federal Republic of
Germany,
the
French Republic, Ireland, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the
Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of
Sweden,
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland and the European Parliament to bear their own costs.

the Kingdom of Spain,

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(1) OJ C 135 of 07.06.2003.

(Grand Chamber)

of 13 September 2005

in Case C-176/03: Commission of the European Commu-
nities v Council of the European Union (1)

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Action for annulment — Articles 29 EU, 31(e) EU, 34 EU
and 47 EU — Framework Decision 2003/80/JHA — Protec-
tion of the environment — Criminal penalties — Community
competence — Legal basis — Article 175 EC)

(Third Chamber)

of 20 October 2005

(2005/C 315/03)

(Language of the case: French)

In Case C-176/03: Commission of the European Communities
(Agent: M. Petite, J. F. Pasquier and W. Bogensberger) supported
by: European Parliament,
(Agents: G. Garzón Clariana, H.
Duintjer Tebbens and A. Baas, and M. Gómez-Leal) v Council
of the European Union (Agent: J.-C. Piris, J. Schutte and K.
Michoel) supported by: Kingdom of Denmark (Agent: J. Molde),
Federal Republic of Germany (Agents: W.-D. Plessing and
A. Dittrich), Hellenic Republic (Agents: E.-M. Mamouna and
M. Tassopoulou), Kingdom of Spain (Agent: N. Díaz Abad),
French Republic (Agents: G. de Bergues, F. Alabrune and
E. Puisais),
Ireland (Agent: D. O'Hagan, and P. Gallagher,
E. Fitzsimons SC and E. Regan BL), Kingdom of the Netherlands
(Agents: H.G. Sevenster and C. Wissels), Portuguese Republic
(Agent: L. Fernandes and A. Fraga Pires), Republic of Finland
(Agent: A. Guimaraes-Purokoski), Kingdom of Sweden (Agents:
A. Kruse, K. Wistrand and A. Falk), United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland (Agent: C. Jackson and R. Plender
QC) — Application for annulment pursuant to Article 35 EU
brought on 15 April 2003, — the Court (Grand Chamber),
composed of P.
the Chamber, C.W.A.
Timmermans, A. Rosas, R. Silva de Lapuerta and A. Borg

Jann, President of

in Case C-264/03: Commission of the European Commu-
nities v French Republic (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Public
contracts — Directive 92/50/EEC — Procedures for the
award of public service contracts — Freedom to provide
services — Agency of delegated project contracting —
Persons to whom the task of delegated project contracting
may be entrusted — Exhaustive list of legal persons created
under French law)

(2005/C 315/04)

(Language of the case: French)

In Case C-264/03: ACTION under Article 226 EC for failure to
fulfil obligations, brought on 17 June 2003, Commission of the
European Communities (Agents: B. Stromsky, K. Wiedner and
F. Simonetti) v French Republic (Agents: G. de Bergues and
D. Petrausch — the Court (Third Chamber), composed of A.
Rosas (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber, J. Malenovský,
J.-P. Puissochet, A. Borg Barthet and U. Lõhmus, Judges; Advo-
cate General: M. Poiares Maduro, Registrar: K. Sztranc, Admin-
istrator, gave a judgment on 20 October 2005, in which it: