CELEX: C2004/262/04
Language: en
Date: 2004-10-23 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 9 September 2004 in Joined Cases C-184/02 and C-223/02: Kingdom of Spain and Republic of Finland v European Parliament and Council of the European Union (Directive 2002/15/CE — Organisation of the working time of road transport workers — Self-employed drivers — Legal basis — Freedom to pursue an occupation — Principle of equal treatment — Proportionality — Obligation to state reasons)

23.10.2004   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 262/3
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (First Chamber)
   of 9 September 2004
   in Joined Cases C-184/02 and C-223/02: Kingdom of Spain and Republic of Finland v European Parliament and Council of the European Union (1)
   
   (Directive 2002/15/CE - Organisation of the working time of road transport workers - Self-employed drivers - Legal basis - Freedom to pursue an occupation - Principle of equal treatment - Proportionality - Obligation to state reasons)
   (2004/C 262/04)
   Languages of the case: Spanish and Finnish
   In Joined Cases C-184/02 and C-223/02: actions for annulment under Article 230 EC brought on 16 May and 12 June 2002, Kingdom of Spain (Agents: R. Silva de Lapuerta and subsequently N. Díaz Abad) in Case C-184/02 and Republic of Finland (Agent: T. Pynnä) in Case C-223/02 v European Parliament (Agents: M. Gómez-Leal and C. Pennera (C-184/02) and H. von Hertzen and G. Ricci (C-223/02)) and Council of the European Union (Agents: A. Lopes Sabino and G.-L. Ramos Ruano (C-184/02) and A. Lopes Sabino and H. Erno (C-223/02)), supported by Commission of the European Communities (Agents: F. Castillo de la Torre and W. Wils (C-184/02) and M. Huttunen and W. Wils (C-223/02)) — the Court (First Chamber), composed of: P. Jann, President of the Chamber, A. Rosas, S. von Bahr, K. Lenaerts (Rapporteur), and K. Schiemann, Judges; C. Stix-Hackl, Advocate General; M. Múgica Arzamendi, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 9 September 2004, in which it:
   
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               Dismisses the actions;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the applicants to bear their own costs and pay those of the defendants;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Commission to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 169 of 13.7.2002.
   
      OJ C 202 of 24.8.2002.