Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of  1 December 2005  in Case C-301/03: Italian Republic v Commission of the European Communities (Structural funds — Eligibility of expenditure — Amendments to programme complements — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2006-02-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU regional policy, European Commission, Italy, action for annulment (EU), eligible region, regional aid

C 36/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.2.2006

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Second Chamber)

of 1 December 2005

(Grand Chamber)

of 15 November 2005

in Case C-301/03: Italian Republic v Commission of the
European Communities (1)

(Structural funds — Eligibility of expenditure — Amend-
ments to programme complements — Inadmissibility)

in Case C-320/03: Commission of the European Commu-
nities v Republic of Austria (1)

(Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Arti-
cles 28 EC to 30 EC — Free movement of goods — Articles 1
and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 881/92 — Articles 1 and 6 of
Regulation (EEC) No 3118/93 — Transport — Sectoral
prohibition on the movement of lorries of more than 7.5
tonnes carrying certain goods — Air quality — Protection of
health and the environment — Proportionality principle)

(2006/C 36/06)

(2006/C 36/07)

(Language of the case: Italian)

(Language of the case: German)

In Case C-301/03: Italian Republic (Agent:
I.M. Braguglia,
assisted by G. Aiello and A. Cingolo, avvocati dello Stato) v
Commission of the European Communities (Agents: E. de
March and L. Flynn, assisted by A. Dal Ferro, avvocato),
ACTION for annulment under Article 230 EC, brought on 2
July 2003 — the Court
(Second Chamber), composed of
C.W.A. Timmermans (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber,
C. Gulmann, R. Schintgen, G. Arestis and J. Klučka, Judges; F.G.
Jacobs, Advocate General; L. Hewlett, Principal Administrator,
for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 1 December 2005,
in which it:

1. Dismisses the action as inadmissible;

2. Orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 226 of 20.9.2003.

lawyer),

In Case C-320/03, Commission of the European Communities
(Agents: C. Schmidt, W. Wils and G. Braun), supported by
Federal Republic of Germany (Agents: W.-D. Plessing and A.
Tiemann, assisted by T. Lübbig,
Italian Republic
(Agent: I.M. Braguglia, assisted by G. De Bellis, Avvocato dello
Stato), Kingdom of the Netherlands, (Agent: H.G. Sevenster) v
Republic of Austria (Agents: E. Riedl and H. Dossi) — Action
under Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil obligations, brought
on 24 July 2003 — the Court (Grand Chamber), composed of
V. Skouris, President, P. Jann, C.W.A. Timmermans, A. Rosas
and K. Schiemann, Presidents of Chambers, R. Schintgen
(Rapporteur), J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, R. Silva de Lapuerta, K.
Lenaerts, P. Kūris, E. Juhász, G. Arestis and A. Borg Barthet,
Judges; L.A. Geelhoed, Advocate General; K. Sztranc, Adminis-
trator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 15 November
2005, the operative part of which is as follows:

1. By prohibiting lorries of over 7.5 tonnes, carrying certain goods,
from driving on a section of the A 12 motorway in the Inn valley,
following the adoption of the Regulation of the First Minister of
the Tyrol limiting transport on the A 12 motorway in the Inn
valley (sectoral prohibition on road transport) [Verordnung des
Landeshauptmanns von Tirol, mit der auf der A 12 Inntalauto-
erlassen werden
bahn
(sektorales Fahrverbot)], of 27 May 2003,
the Republic of
Austria has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 28 EC
and 29 EC.

verkehrsbeschränkende Maßnahmen

2. The remainder of the application is dismissed.