CELEX: 62005CA0137
Language: en
Date: 2007-12-18 00:00:00
Title: Case C-137/05: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 18 December 2007 — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Council of the European Union (Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 — Passports and travel documents issued by the Member States — Standards for security features and biometrics — Validity)

23.2.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 51/6
            
         Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 18 December 2007 — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Council of the European Union
   (Case C-137/05) (1)
   
   (Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 - Passports and travel documents issued by the Member States - Standards for security features and biometrics - Validity)
   (2008/C 51/10)
   Language of the case: English
   Parties
   
      Applicants: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, (represented by C. Jackson and C. Gibbs, Agents, A. Dashwood, Barrister)
   
      Interveners in support of the applicants: Ireland (represented by: D. O'Hagan, Agent, and A. Collins, SC, and P. McGarry, BL), Slovak Republic, (represented by R. Procházka, J. Čorba and B. Ricziová, Agents)
   
      Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by M. J. Schutte, R. Szostak and G. Giglio, Agents,
   
      Interveners in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Spain, (represented by J. Rodríguez Cárcamo, Agent), Kingdom of the Netherlands, (represented by H.G. Sevenster, Agent) Commission of the European Communities, (represented by C. O'Reilly, Agent)
   Re:
   Annulment of Council Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 of 13 December 2004 on standards for security features and biometrics in passports and travel documents issued by Member States (OJ 2004 L 385, p. 1)
   Operative part of the judgment
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to pay the costs;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Kingdom of Spain, Ireland, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Slovak Republic and the Commission of the European Communities to bear their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 132, 28.5.2005.