CELEX: C2002/084/13
Language: en
Date: 2002-04-06 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of 6 December 2001 in Case C-353/99 P: Council of the European Union v Heidi Hautala and Others (Appeal — Public right of access to Council documents — Council Decision 93/731/EC — Exceptions to access to documents — Protection of the public interest concerning international relations — Partial access)

C 84/8                 EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                           6.4.2002
                 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                                    JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                      of 6 December 2001                                                       of 29 November 2001
in Case C-353/99 P: Council of the European Union v                      in Case C-366/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling
                  Heidi Hautala and Others (1)                           from the Conseil d’État): Joseph Griesmar v Ministre de
                                                                         l’Économie, des Finances et de l’Industrie and Ministre de
                                                                         la Fonction publique, de la Réforme de l’État et de la
(Appeal — Public right of access to Council documents —                                          Décentralisation (1)
Council Decision 93/731/EC — Exceptions to access to
documents — Protection of the public interest concerning
           international relations — Partial access)
                                                                         (Social policy — Equal treatment for men and women —
                                                                         Applicability of Article 119 of the EC Treaty (Articles 117
                                                                         to 120 of the EC Treaty have been replaced by Articles
                         (2002/C 84/13)
                                                                         136 EC to 143 EC) or Directive 79/7/EEC — French civil
                                                                         and military retirement pension scheme — Service credit
                                                                         for children awarded to female civil servants — Whether
                   (Language of the case: English)                       permissible in the light of Article 6(3) of the Agreement on
                                                                              Social Policy or the provisions of Directive 79/7/EEC)
                                                                                                   (2002/C 84/14)
In Case C-353/99 P: Council of the European Union (Agents:
J. Aussant, G. Maganza and M. Bauer), supported by Kingdom
of Spain (Agent: R. Silva de Lapuerta) — appeal against the
judgment of the Court of First Instance of the European                                      (Language of the case: French)
Communities (First Chamber) of 19 July 1999 in Case T-14/98
Hautala v Council [1999] ECR II-2489, seeking to have that
judgment set aside, the other parties to the proceedings being:          (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
Heidi Hautala, Member of the European Parliament (Lawyers:                                  in the European Court Reports)
O.W. Brouwer and T. Janssens), supported by Kingdom of
Denmark (Agent: J. Molde), and by United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland (Agent: J.E. Collins and H. Davies),
Republic of Finland, (Agents: first H. Rotkirch and then
T. Pynnä), Kingdom of Sweden (Agent: A. Kruse) and French
Republic — the Court, composed of: G.C. Rodrı́guez Iglesias,             In Case C-366/99: reference to the Court under Article 234
President, P. Jann, F. Macken, N. Colneric and S. von Bahr               EC from the Conseil d’État (Council of State) (France) for a
(Presidents of Chambers), C. Gulmann, D.A.O. Edward, A. La               preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that
Pergola, J.-P. Puissochet, M. Wathelet, V. Skouris, J.N. Cunha           court between Joseph Griesmar and Ministre de l’Économie,
Rodrigues (Rapporteur) and C.W.A. Timmermans, Judges;                    des Finances et de l’Industrie and Ministre de la Fonction
P. Léger, Advocate General; D. Louterman-Hubeau, Head of                 publique, de la Réforme de l’État et de la Décentralisation —
Division, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 6 Decem-            on the interpretation of Article 119 of the EC Treaty
ber 2001, in which it:                                                   (Articles 117 to 120 of the EC Treaty have been replaced by
                                                                         Articles 136 EC to 143 EC), Article 6(3) of the Agreement on
                                                                         Social Policy (OJ 1992 C 191, p. 91) and Council Directive
1.    Dismisses the appeal;                                              79/7/EEC of 19 December 1978 on the progressive implemen-
                                                                         tation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women
                                                                         in matters of social security (OJ 1979 L 6, p. 24) — the Court,
2.    Orders the Council of the European Union to pay the costs;         composed of: G.C. Rodrı́guez Iglesias, President, P. Jann,
                                                                         F. Macken, N. Colneric and S. von Bahr (Presidents of
                                                                         Chambers), A. La Pergola, J.-P. Puissochet, L. Sevón, M. Wathe-
3.    Orders the Kingdom of Spain, the Kingdom of Denmark, the
                                                                         let, V. Skouris (Rapporteur) and J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, Judges;
      United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the
                                                                         S. Alber, Advocate General; L. Hewlett, Administrator, for the
      Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to bear their
                                                                         Registrar, has given a judgment on 29 November 2001, in
      own costs.
                                                                         which it has ruled:
(1) OJ C 333 of 20.11.1999.                                              Pensions provided under a scheme such as the French retirement
                                                                         scheme for civil servants fall within the scope of Article 119 of the
                                                                         EC Treaty (Articles 117 to 120 of the EC Treaty have been replaced
                                                                         by Articles 136 EC to 143 EC).