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24.11.2001 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 331/1

## I

_(Information)_

# COURT OF JUSTICE

**COURT OF JUSTICE**

**JUDGMENT OF THE COURT** Registrar, has given a judgment on 9 October 2001, in which
it:

**of 9 October 2001**
1. _Dismisses the application;_

**in Case C-377/98: Kingdom of the Netherlands v European** 2. _Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands to bear the costs;_
**Parliament and Council of the European Union** ( [1] )
3. _Orders the Italian Republic, the Kingdom of Norway and the_
_**(Annulment — Directive 98/44/EC — Legal protection of**_ _Commission each to bear their own costs._
_**biotechnological inventions — Legal basis — Article 100a**_
_**of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Article 95 EC),**_ ( [1] ) OJ C 378 of 5.12.1998.
_**Article 235 of the EC Treaty (now Article 308 EC) or**_
_**Articles 130 and 130f of the EC Treaty (now Articles 157**_
_**EC and 163 EC) — Subsidiarity — Legal certainty —**_
_**Obligations of Member States under international law —**_
_**Fundamental rights — Human dignity — Principle of**_
_**collegiality for draft legislation of the Commission)**_ **JUDGMENT OF THE COURT**

(2001/C 331/01) **(Sixth Chamber)**

**of 9 October 2001**
_(Language of the case: Dutch)_

**in Case C-409/98 [reference for a preliminary ruling from**
_(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published_
**the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Queen’s**
_in the European Court Reports)_
**Bench Division (Divisional Court)]: Commissioners of**
**Customs & Excise v Mirror Group plc** ( [1] )

In Case C-377/98: Kingdom of the Netherlands (Agents: _**(Sixth VAT Directive — Exemption for the leasing or letting**_
M.A. Fierstra and I. van der Steen) supported by Italian _**of immovable property — Meaning — Undertaking to**_
Republic (Agent: U. Leanza, assisted by P.G. Ferri), and by _**become a tenant)**_
Kingdom of Norway (Agent: H.W. Longva) v European
Parliament (Agents: J. Schoo and E. Vandenbosch) and Council (2001/C 331/02)
of the European Union (Agents: R. Gosalbo Bono, G. Houttuin
and A. Lo Monaco) supported by Commission of the European _(Language of the case: English)_
Communities (Agents: K. Banks and P. van Nuffel) — application for annulment of Directive 98/44/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 1998 on the legal In Case C-409/98: reference to the Court under Article 177 of
protection of biotechnological inventions (OJ 1998 L 213, the EC Treaty (now Article 234 EC) from the High Court of
p. 13) — the Court, composed of: G.C. Rodrı´guez Iglesias, Justice of England and Wales, Queen’s Bench Division (DivPresident, P. Jann, F. Macken, N. Colneric and S. von Bahr isional Court) (United Kingdom) for a preliminary ruling in the
(Presidents of Chambers), C. Gulmann, D.A.O. Edward, A. La proceedings pending before that court between ComPergola, J.-P. Puissochet (Rapporteur), L. Sevo´n, M. Wathelet, missioners of Customs & Excise and Mirror Group plc — on
V. Skouris and J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, Judges; F.G. Jacobs, the interpretation of Article 13B(b) of the Sixth Council
Advocate General; H.A. Rühl, Principal Administrator, for the Directive of 17 May 1977 (77/388/EEC) on the harmonisation