CELEX: C1999/204/06
Language: en
Date: 1999-07-17 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 22 April 1999 in Case C-161/97 P: Kernkraftwerke Lippe-Ems GmbH v Commission of the European Communities (Euratom Treaty - Action for annulment and action for damages - Conclusion of a contract for the supply of uranium - Simplified procedure - Powers of the Agency - Time-limit for conclusion of the contract - Legal obstacle to conclusion - Diversification policy - Origin of the uranium - Market-related prices)

C 204/4                    EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                          17.7.1999
1. Declares that, by accepting undertakings from water companies              1. Dismisses the appeal;
     for the purpose of ensuring that water complies with the
     requirements of Council Directive 80/778/EEC of 15 July 1980             2. Orders Kernkraftwerke Lippe-Ems GmbH to pay the costs.
     relating to the quality of water intended for human consumption,
     without the conditions governing the acceptance of such under-
     takings being specified in the Water Industry Act 1991, the              (1) OJ C 212 of 12.7.1997.
     United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has
     failed to fulfil its obligations under the EC Treaty and under that
     directive;
2. Dismisses the remainder of the application;
3. Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern                                      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
     Ireland to pay the costs.
                                                                                                          (Sixth Chamber)
(1) OJ C 370 of 7.12.1996.
                                                                                                          of 22 April 1999
                                                                              in Case C-272/97: Commission of the European Communi-
                                                                                           ties v Federal Republic of Germany(1)
                                                                              (Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations —
                   JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                      Reasoned opinion — Principle of collegiality — Directive
                                                                              90/605/EEC amending the scope of Directives 78/660/EEC
                                                                              and 83/349/EEC — Annual accounts and consolidated
                              (First Chamber)                                                                  accounts)
                             of 22 April 1999                                                             (1999/C 204/07)
in Case C-161/97 P: Kernkraftwerke Lippe-Ems GmbH v
        Commission of the European Communities (1)                                                 (Language of the case: German)
(Euratom Treaty — Action for annulment and action for                         (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
damages — Conclusion of a contract for the supply of                                               in the European Court Reports)
uranium — Simplified procedure — Powers of the Agency
— Time-limit for conclusion of the contract — Legal obstacle
to conclusion — Diversification policy — Origin of the                        In Case C-272/97: Commission of the European Communities
                 uranium — Market-related prices)                             (Agents: António Caeiro and Jürgen Grunwald) v Federal
                                                                              Republic of Germany (Agents: Ernst Röder and Alfred Dittrich)
                                                                              — application for a declaration that, by failing to implement
                             (1999/C 204/06)                                  within the prescribed period all measures necessary to comply
                                                                              with Council Directive 90/605/EEC of 8 November 1990
                                                                              amending Directive 78/660/EEC on annual accounts and
                      (Language of the case: German)                          Directive 83/349/EEC on consolidated accounts as regards the
                                                                              scope of those Directives (OJ 1990 L 317, p. 60), the Federal
                                                                              Republic of Germany has failed to fulfil its obligations under
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published        the EC Treaty — the Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of
                      in the European Court Reports)                          P.J.G. Kapteyn, President of the Chamber, G. Hirsch, G.F. Man-
                                                                              cini, H. Ragnemalm (Rapporteur) and R. Schintgen, Judges;
In Case C-161/97 P: Kernkraftwerke Lippe-Ems GmbH, a                          G. Cosmas, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a
company incorporated under German law, established in                         judgment on 22 April 1999, in which it:
Lingen, Germany, represented by Bernd Kunth, Gerhard
Wiedemann and Helmut Nicolaus, Rechtsanwälte, Düsseldorf,                     1. Declares that, by failing to adopt within the prescribed period all
with an address for service in Luxembourg at the Chambers of                      the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to
Alex Bonn, 22 Côte d’Eich — appeal against the judgment                           comply with Council Directive 90/605/EEC of 8 November
of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber, Extended                           1990 amending Directive 78/660/EEC on annual accounts and
Composition) of 25 February 1997 in Joined Cases T-149/94                         Directive 83/349/EEC on consolidated accounts as regards the
and T-181/94 Kernkraftwerke Lippe-Ems v Commission                                scope of those Directives, the Federal Republic of Germany has
[1997] ECR II-161, seeking to have that judgment set aside,                       failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;
the other party to the proceedings being Commission of the
European Communities (Agent: Jürgen Grunwald) — the Court                     2. Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to pay the costs.
(First Chamber), composed of: P. Jann, President of the
Chamber, D.A.O. Edward and M. Wathelet (Rapporteur),                          (1) OJ C 271 of 6.9.1997.
Judges; P. Léger, Advocate General; H.A. Rühl, Principal
Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on
22 April 1999, in which it: