CELEX: C2000/020/03
Language: en
Date: 2000-01-22 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 5 October 1999 in Case C-84/96: Kingdom of the Netherlands v Commission of the European Communities (European Regional Development Fund — Automatic cancellation of payment obligations)

C 20/2                  EN                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                          22.1.2000
     (b) second, the Judges of the other small Chamber; in the                           JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
          same order.
     For each case, the large Chamber shall be composed of:                                      (Sixth Chamber)
     — the President,
                                                                                                of 5 October 1999
     — the Judge-Rapporteur,
                                                                        in Case C-84/96: Kingdom of the Netherlands v Com-
     — three Judges designated in the order set out in the                        mission of the European Communities (1)
          relevant list; the starting-point on that list shall be
          moved down one name at each general meeting.
                                                                        (European Regional Development Fund — Automatic cancel-
     Replacement of a Judge or Judges prevented from attending                           lation of payment obligations)
     shall be in the order set out in the list. However, should
     the President of a large Chamber be prevented from sitting,
     he shall be replaced preferably by the President of the small
     Chamber.                                                                                     (2000/C 20/03)
     If the Court, or a Chamber, considers that a number of cases
     should not be heard and determined together (whether or
                                                                                            (Language of the case: Dutch)
     not they are formally joined), the composition of the bench
     shall be that determined for the first of the cases discussed
     at a general meeting.’
                                                                        (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
3.      In addition, as regards the period from 15 December                                in the European Court Reports)
1999 to 6 October 2000, the lists on the basis of which the
composition of the Fourth and Fifth Chambers is determined,
as set out in point 4 of the decision adopted by the Court at
its meeting on 6 October 1999, are amended as follows:                  In Case C-84/96: Kingdom of the Netherlands (Agents: J.S. van
                                                                        den Oosterkamp and M.A. Fierstra) v Commission of the
                                                                        European Communities (Agents: E. Mennens and P. Oliver) —
                                                                        application for annulment of the Commission’s decisions of
Fourth Chamber
                                                                        16 February 1996 and of the debit note based on one of those
                                                                        decisions, relating to the closure of ERDF infrastructure
                                                                        projects Nos 80.07.03.002 (Veendam-Musselkamaal) and
(President: Mr Edward)                                                  84.07.03.004 (Weg Veendam) co-financed by the European
                                                                        Regional Development Fund — the Court (Sixth Chamber),
                                                                        composed of: P.J.G. Kapteyn, President of the Chamber,
Messrs Kapteyn, La Pergola and Ragnemalm, Judges.                       G. Hirsch, J.L. Murray (Rapporteur), H. Ragnemalm and
                                                                        R. Schintgen, Judges; A. La Pergola, Advocate General; L. Hew-
                                                                        lett, Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on
Fifth Chamber                                                           5 October 1999, in which it:
(President: Mr Edward)                                                  1. Dismisses the action;
Messrs Kapteyn, La Pergola, Ragnemalm, Jann, Sevón and                 2. Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands to pay the costs.
Wathelet, Judges.
                                                                        (1) OJ C 133 of 4.5.1996.
( 1) OJ C 333 of 20.11.1999, p. 1.