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22 . 2 . 97 EN [ Official Journal of the European Communities No C 54 / 1

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# COURT OF JUSTICE

COURT OF JUSTICE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

of 3 December 1996

in Case C-268 / 94 Portuguese Republic v. Council of the

European Union ( ! )

( Cooperation Agreement between the European
Community and the Republic of India — Development
cooperation — Respect for human rights and democratic
principles — Cooperation in the fields of energy, tourism,

culture, drug abuse control and protection of intellectual
property — Competence of the Community — Legal

Edward, J. - P. Puissochet, G. Hirsch, P. Jann and M.
Wathelet, Judges ; A. La Pergola, Advocate-General ; H.
von Holstein, Deputy Registrar, has given a judgment on
3 December 1996 in which it :

1 . dismisses the application ;

2 . orders the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs ;

— 3 . orders the Kingdom of Denmark, the Hellenic

basis ) Republic, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and

( 97 / C 54 / 01 ) Northern Ireland, and the Commission of the
European Communities to bear their own costs .

basis )

( Language of the case : Portuguese )

( Provisional translation ; the definitive translation will be

published in the European Court Reports )

In case C-268 / 94 : Portuguese Republic ( Agents : Joao
Mota de Campos, Luis Fernandes and Maria Luisa
Duarte, supported by the Hellenic Republic ( Agents :
Aikaterini Samoni-Rantou and Georgios Karipsiadis ) v.
Council of the European Union ( Agents : Jorge Monteiro
and Antonio Tanca ), supported by the Kingdom of
Denmark ( Agent : Peter Biering ), the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland ( Agent : Lindsey
Nicoll ) and by the Commission of the European
Communities ( Agents : Claire Bury and Ana Maria Alves
Vieira ) — application for annulment of Council Decision

94 / 578 / EC of 18 July 1994 concerning the conclusion of
the Cooperation Agreement between the European
Community and the Republic of India on partnership and
development ( OJ No L 223, 27 . 8 . 1994, p. 23 ) — the
Court, composed of : G. C. Rodriguez Iglesias, President,
G. F. Mancini, J. C. Moitinho de Almeida, J. L. Murray
and L. Sevon ( Rapporteur ) ( Presidents of Chambers ), C. N.
Kakouris, P. J. G. Kapteyn, C. Gulmann, D. A. O.

(■) OJ No C 316, 12 . 11 . 1994 .

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

of 12 December 1996

in Case C-302 / 94 ( reference for a preliminary ruling from
the High Court of Justice ( Queen 's Bench Division )): The
Queen v. Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Ex

parte : British Telecommunications pic (')

( Telecommunications — Directive on open network
provision — Special or exclusive rights — Directive on

leased lines — Provision of a minimum set of leased lines )

( 97 / C 54 / 02 )

( Language of the case : English )

In Case C-302 / 94 : reference to the Court under Article 177

of the EC Treaty from the High Court of Justice ( Queen 's