CELEX: 62011CA0431
Language: en
Date: 2013-09-26 00:00:00
Title: Case C-431/11: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 26 September 2013 — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v Council of the European Union (Coordination of social security systems — EEA Agreement — Proposal for an amendment — Council decision — Choice of legal basis — Article 48 TFEU — Article 79(2)(b) TFEU)

23.11.2013   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 344/10
            
         Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 26 September 2013 — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v Council of the European Union
   (Case C-431/11) (1)
   
   (Coordination of social security systems - EEA Agreement - Proposal for an amendment - Council decision - Choice of legal basis - Article 48 TFEU - Article 79(2)(b) TFEU)
   2013/C 344/15
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: C. Murrell, acting as Agent, assisted by A. Dashwood QC)
   
      Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Veiga, A. De Elera and G. Marhic, acting as Agents)
   
      Intervener in support of the applicant: Ireland (represented by: E. Creedon, acting as Agent, assisted by N. Travers, BL)
   
      Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: V. Kreuschitz and S. Pardo Quintillán, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Annulment of Council Decision 2011/407/EU of 6 June 2011 on the position to be taken by the European Union within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex VI (Social Security) and Protocol 37 to the EEA Agreement (OJ 2011 L 182, p. 12) — Choice of legal basis (Article 48 TFEU or Article 79 TFEU)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to pay the costs;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders Ireland and the European Commission to bear their own respective costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 311, 22.10.2011.