Case C-73/14: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2015 — Council of the European Union v European Commission (Action for annulment — United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea — International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea — Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing — Advisory opinion proceedings — Submission by the European Commission of a written statement on behalf of the European Union — No prior approval of the content of that statement by the Council of the European Union — Article 13(2) TEU, Article 16 TEU and Article 17(1) TEU — Article 218(9) TFEU and Article 335 TFEU — Representation of the European Union — Principles of conferral of powers and institutional balance — Principle of sincere cooperation)
Date: 2015-10-06
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: UN convention, institutional balance (EU), international court, law of the sea, sea fishing, the EU's international role








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30.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 398/4





Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2015 — Council of the European Union v European Commission
(Case C-73/14) (1)

((Action for annulment - United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea - International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea - Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing - Advisory opinion proceedings - Submission by the European Commission of a written statement on behalf of the European Union - No prior approval of the content of that statement by the Council of the European Union - Article 13(2) TEU, Article 16 TEU and Article 17(1) TEU - Article 218(9) TFEU and Article 335 TFEU - Representation of the European Union - Principles of conferral of powers and institutional balance - Principle of sincere cooperation))
(2015/C 398/05)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Council of the European Union (represented by: A. Westerhof Löfflerová, E. Finnegan and R. Liudvinaviciute-Cordeiro, acting as Agents)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: K. Banks, A. Bouquet, E. Paasivirta and P. Van Nuffel, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the applicant: Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek, E. Ruffer, J. Vláčil and M. Hedvábná, acting as Agents); Hellenic Republic (represented by: G. Karipsiadis and K. Boskovits, acting as Agents); Kingdom of Spain (represented by: M. Sampol Pucurull, acting as Agent); French Republic (represented by: G. de Bergues, D. Colas, F. Fize, and N. Rouam, acting as Agents); Republic of Lithuania (represented by: D. Kriaučiūnas and G. Taluntytė, acting as Agents); Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: M. Bulterman, M. Gijzen and M. de Ree, acting as Agents); Republic of Austria (represented by C. Pesendorfer and G. Eberhard, acting as Agents); Portuguese Republic (represented by L. Inez Fernandes and M.L. Duarte, acting as Agents); Republic of Finland (represented by J. Heliskoski and H. Leppo, acting as Agents); United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: E. Jenkinson and M. Holt, acting as Agents, and by J. Holmes, Barrister)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


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










3.


Orders the Czech Republic, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Republic of Lithuania, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Finland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 93, 29.3.2014.