Case C-507/03: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 13 November 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Ireland (Public procurement — Articles 43 EC and 49 EC — Directive 92/50/EEC — Award of a public contract to the Irish postal service An Post without a prior contract notice — Certain cross-border interest — Transparency)
Date: 2007-12-22
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Ireland, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, provision of services, public contract, supplies contract, works contract

C 315/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

22.12.2007

V

(Announcements)

COURT PROCEEDINGS

COURT OF JUSTICE

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 13 November
the European Communities v
2007 — Commission of

Ireland

(Case C-507/03) (1)

3. Orders

the Kingdom of Denmark,

the
Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Republic of Finland to bear
their own costs.

the French Republic,

(Public procurement — Articles 43 EC and 49 EC — Directive
92/50/EEC — Award of a public contract to the Irish postal
service An Post without a prior contract notice — Certain
cross-border interest — Transparency)

(1) OJ C 35, 7.2.2004.

(2007/C 315/02)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: X. Lewis and K. Wiedner, Agents, J. Flynn QC, acting
as Agents)

Defendant: Ireland, represented by D. O'Hagan, Agent, E. Regan
and B. O'Moore SC and C. O'Toole, Barrister

the defendant: Kingdom of Denmark
Interveners in support of
(represented by J. Molde and A.
Jacobsen, Agents), French
Republic (represented by G. de Bergues, D. Petrausch and S.
Ramet, Agents), Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by H.
G. Sevenster, C. Wissels and P. van Ginneken, Agents), Republic
of Finland (represented by A. Guimaraes-Purokoski, Agent)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Infringe-
ment of Articles 43 and 49 EC — Procedure for award of
public contracts — Decision to award a public contract without
publication of a prior contract notice — Contract awarded to
the Irish postal service (An Post) under which recipients of
social welfare benefits could collect their payments from post
offices

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

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

costs;

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 23 October
2007 — Republic of Poland v Council of the European
Union

(Case C-273/04) (1)

(Action for annulment — Council Decision 2004/281/EC —
Common agricultural policy — Act concerning the conditions
of accession to the European Union — Adaptation — Infrin-
gement of principle of non-discrimination)

(2007/C 315/03)

Language of the case: Polish

Parties

Applicant: Republic of Poland (represented by: T. Nowakowski, E.
Ośniecka-Tamecka, M. Szpunar, B. Majczyna, K. Rokicka and I.
Niemirka, Agents)

Interveners in support of the applicant: Republic of Latvia (repre-
sented by A. Zikmane and E. Balode-Buraka, Agents), Republic
of Lithuania (represented by D. Kriaučiūnas, Agent), Republic of
Hungary (represented by P. Gottfried and R. Somssich, Agents)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: F.
Ruggeri Laderchi, K. Zieleśkiewicz and F. Florindo Gijón,
Agents)

Intervener
in support of
European Communities
Stobiecka-Kuik and L. Visaggio, Agents)

the defendant: Commission of
the
(represented by T. van Rijn, A.