CELEX: 62010CA0130
Language: en
Date: 2012-07-19 00:00:00
Title: Case C-130/10: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 July 2012 — European Parliament v Council of the European Union (Common foreign and security policy — Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 — Regulation (EU) No 1286/2009 — Restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaeda network and the Taliban — Freezing of funds and economic resources — Choice of legal basis — Articles 75 TFEU and 215 TFEU — Entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon — Transitional provisions — CFSP common positions and decisions — Joint proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and from the Commission)

29.9.2012   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 295/2
            
         Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 July 2012 — European Parliament v Council of the European Union
   (Case C-130/10) (1)
   
   (Common foreign and security policy - Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 - Regulation (EU) No 1286/2009 - Restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaeda network and the Taliban - Freezing of funds and economic resources - Choice of legal basis - Articles 75 TFEU and 215 TFEU - Entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon - Transitional provisions - CFSP common positions and decisions - Joint proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and from the Commission)
   2012/C 295/03
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: European Parliament (represented initially by E. Perillo and K. Bradley, and subsequently by A. Auersperger Matić and U. Rösslein, acting as Agents)
   
      Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bishop and R. Szostak, acting as Agents)
   
      Intervening parties in support of the Defendant: Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek, E. Ruffer and K. Najmanová, acting as Agents), French Republic (represented by: G. de Bergues and A. Adam, acting as Agents), Kingdom of Sweden (represented by: A. Falk and C. Meyer-Seitz, acting as Agents), European Commission (represented by: S. Boelaert and M. Konstantinidis, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Annulment of decision — Action for annulment — Annulment of Council Regulation (EU) No 1286/2009 of 22 December 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaeda network and the Taliban (OJ 2009 L 346, p. 42) — Choice of legal basis
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the European Parliament to pay the costs;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Czech Republic, the French Republic, the Kingdom of Sweden and the European Commission to bear their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 134, 22.5.2010.