Case C-113/14: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 7 September 2016 — Federal Republic of Germany v European Parliament, Council of the European Union (Action for annulment — Choice of legal basis — Article 43(2) TFEU or Article 43(3) TFEU — Common organisation of the markets in agricultural products — Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 — Article 7 — Regulation (EU) No 1370/2013 — Article 2 — Measures on fixing prices — Reference thresholds — Intervention prices)
Date: 2016-09-07
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU agricultural market, agricultural product, aid to agriculture, common organisation of markets, fixing of prices, intervention price, legal basis








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31.10.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 402/2





Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 7 September 2016 — Federal Republic of Germany v European Parliament, Council of the European Union
(Case C-113/14) (1)

((Action for annulment - Choice of legal basis - Article 43(2) TFEU or Article 43(3) TFEU - Common organisation of the markets in agricultural products - Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 - Article 7 - Regulation (EU) No 1370/2013 - Article 2 - Measures on fixing prices - Reference thresholds - Intervention prices))
(2016/C 402/02)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: T. Henze, A. Lippstreu and A. Wiedmann, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the applicant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: M. Holt, C. Brodie and J. Kraehling, acting as Agents, and by A. Bates, Barrister), Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek, J. Škeřík, J. Vláčil and D. Hadroušek, acting as Agents)

Defendants: European Parliament (represented by: L.G. Knudsen, R. Kaškina and U. Rösslein, acting as Agents), Council of the European Union (represented by: G. Maganza, J.-P. Hix and S. Barbagallo, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendants: European Commission (represented by: D. Triantafyllou and G. von Rintelen, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007;










2.


Annuls Article 2 of Council Regulation (EU) No 1370/2013 of 16 December 2013 determining measures on fixing certain aids and refunds related to the common organisation of the markets in agricultural products;










3.


Declares that the effects of Article 7 of Regulation No 1308/2013 and of Article 2 of Regulation No 1370/2013 are to be maintained until the entry into force, within a reasonable period of time which cannot exceed five months from the date of delivery of the present judgment, of a new regulation on the correct legal basis, namely Article 43(3) TFEU;










4.


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










5.


Orders the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the European Commission to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 129, 28.4.2014.