CELEX: C2006/036/02
Language: en
Date: 2006-02-11 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of  1 December 2005  in Case C-46/03: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v Commission of the European Communities (Structural funds — Decommitment of amounts — Conditions — Manchester/Salford/Trafford 2 ( MST 2 ) Programme)

11.2.2006   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 36/2
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (Second Chamber)
   of 1 December 2005
   in Case C-46/03: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v Commission of the European Communities (1)
   
   (Structural funds - Decommitment of amounts - Conditions - Manchester/Salford/Trafford 2 (‘MST 2’) Programme)
   (2006/C 36/02)
   Language of the case: English
   In Case C-46/03: Action for annulment under Article 230 EC, brought on 31 January 2003, by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Agents: P. Ormond, R. Caudwell and K. Manji, assisted by D. Lloyd-Jones QC and S. Lee, barrister) v Commission of the European Communities (Agent: L. Flynn), supported by: Council of the European Union, (Agents M. Balta and F. Florindo Gijón and J. Carbery) — the Court (Second Chamber), composed of C.W.A. Timmermans (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber, J. Makarczyk, R. Silva de Lapuerta, P. Kūris and G. Arestis, Judges; C. Stix-Hackl, Advocate General; M. Ferreira, Principal Administrator, gave a judgment on 1st December 2005, in which it:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls the decision of the Commission of the European Communities, contained in the letter of 22 November 2002, decommitting the sum of EUR 11 632 600 in respect of expenditure incurred under the Manchester/Salford/Trafford 2 operational programme;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay the costs;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 70 of 22.3.2003.