CELEX: 62010CA0490
Language: en
Date: 2012-09-06 00:00:00
Title: Case C-490/10: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 6 September 2012 — European Parliament v Council of the European Union (Action for annulment — Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 617/2010 — Notification to the Commission of investment projects in energy infrastructure within the European Union — Choice of legal basis — Article 337 TFEU and Article 187 EA — Article 194 TFEU)

27.10.2012   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 331/2
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 6 September 2012 — European Parliament v Council of the European Union
      (Case C-490/10) (1)
      
      (Action for annulment - Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 617/2010 - Notification to the Commission of investment projects in energy infrastructure within the European Union - Choice of legal basis - Article 337 TFEU and Article 187 EA - Article 194 TFEU)
      (2012/C 331/03)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: European Parliament (represented by: M. Gómez-Leal, J. Rodrigues and L. Visaggio, Agents)
      
         Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Simm and A. Lo Monaco, Agents)
      
         Intervening parties in support of the defendant: French Republic (represented by: G. de Bergues and A. Adam, Agents); European Commission (represented by: P. Oliver and O. Beynet, Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action for annulment — Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 617/2010 of 24 June 2010 concerning the notification to the Commission of investment projects in energy infrastructure within the European Union and repealing Regulation (EC) No 736/96 (OJ 2010 L 180, p. 7) — Choice of the dual legal basis of Articles 337 TFEU and 187 EA — Measures falling within the specific responsibilities of the Union in relation to energy and requiring the legal basis of Article 194 TFEU only
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Annuls Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 617/2010 of 24 June 2010 concerning the notification to the Commission of investment projects in energy infrastructure within the European Union and repealing Regulation (EC) No 736/96;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Maintains the effects of Regulation No 617/2010 until the entry into force, within a reasonable period, of a new regulation adopted on the appropriate legal basis, namely Article 194(2) TFEU;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders the Council of the European Union to pay the costs except those of the French Republic and the European Commission;
               
            
                  4.
               
               
                  Orders the French Republic and the European Commission to bear their own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 13, 15.1.2011.