CELEX: 62014CA0113
Language: en
Date: 2016-09-07 00:00:00
Title: Case C-113/14: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 7 September 2016 — Federal Republic of Germany v European Parliament, Council of the European Union (Action for annulment — Choice of legal basis — Article 43(2) TFEU or Article 43(3) TFEU — Common organisation of the markets in agricultural products — Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 — Article 7 — Regulation (EU) No 1370/2013 — Article 2 — Measures on fixing prices — Reference thresholds — Intervention prices)

31.10.2016   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 402/2
            
         Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 7 September 2016 — Federal Republic of Germany v European Parliament, Council of the European Union
   (Case C-113/14) (1)
   
   ((Action for annulment - Choice of legal basis - Article 43(2) TFEU or Article 43(3) TFEU - Common organisation of the markets in agricultural products - Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 - Article 7 - Regulation (EU) No 1370/2013 - Article 2 - Measures on fixing prices - Reference thresholds - Intervention prices))
   (2016/C 402/02)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: T. Henze, A. Lippstreu and A. Wiedmann, acting as Agents)
   
      Interveners in support of the applicant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: M. Holt, C. Brodie and J. Kraehling, acting as Agents, and by A. Bates, Barrister), Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek, J. Škeřík, J. Vláčil and D. Hadroušek, acting as Agents)
   
      Defendants: European Parliament (represented by: L.G. Knudsen, R. Kaškina and U. Rösslein, acting as Agents), Council of the European Union (represented by: G. Maganza, J.-P. Hix and S. Barbagallo, acting as Agents)
   
      Intervener in support of the defendants: European Commission (represented by: D. Triantafyllou and G. von Rintelen, acting as Agents)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Annuls Article 2 of Council Regulation (EU) No 1370/2013 of 16 December 2013 determining measures on fixing certain aids and refunds related to the common organisation of the markets in agricultural products;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Declares that the effects of Article 7 of Regulation No 1308/2013 and of Article 2 of Regulation No 1370/2013 are to be maintained until the entry into force, within a reasonable period of time which cannot exceed five months from the date of delivery of the present judgment, of a new regulation on the correct legal basis, namely Article 43(3) TFEU;
            
         
               4.
            
            
               Orders the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union to pay the costs;
            
         
               5.
            
            
               Orders the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the European Commission to bear their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 129, 28.4.2014.