CELEX: C2005/182/11
Language: en
Date: 2005-07-23 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 24 May 2005 in Case C-244/03: French Republic v European Parliament and Council of the European Union (Cosmetic products — Testing on animals — Directive 2003/15/EC — Partial annulment — Article 1(2) — Non-severability — Inadmissibility)

23.7.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 182/6
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (Grand Chamber)
   of 24 May 2005
   in Case C-244/03: French Republic v European Parliament and Council of the European Union (1)
   
   (Cosmetic products - Testing on animals - Directive 2003/15/EC - Partial annulment - Article 1(2) - Non-severability - Inadmissibility)
   (2005/C 182/11)
   Language of the case: French
   In Case C-244/03: French Republic (Agents: F. Alabrune, C. Lemaire and G. de Bergues, and subsequently the latter, J. L. Florent and D. Petrausch) v European Parliament (Agents: J.L. Rufas Quintana and M. Moore, and subsequently the latter and K. Bradley) and Council of the European Union (Agents: J.-P. Jacqué and M.C. Giorgi Fort) — Action for annulment under Article 230 EC, brought on 3 June 2003 — the Court (Grand Chamber), composed of V. Skouris, President, P. Jann and C.W.A. Timmermans, Presidents of Chambers, C. Gulmann, A. La Pergola, J.-P. Puissochet, R Schintgen, K. Schiemann (Rapporteur), J. Makarczyk, P. Kūris, U. Lõhmus, E. Levits and A. Ó Caoimh, Judges; L.A. Geelhoed, Advocate General; K. Sztranc, Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 24 May 2005, in which it:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the French Republic to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 171 of 19.07.2003.