CELEX: 62005CA0077
Language: en
Date: 2007-12-18 00:00:00
Title: Case C-77/05: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 18 December 2007 — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v Council of the European Union (Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 — Establishment of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union — Validity)

23.2.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 51/5
            
         Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 18 December 2007 — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v Council of the European Union
   (Case C-77/05) (1)
   
   (Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 - Establishment of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union - Validity)
   (2008/C 51/08)
   Language of the case: English
   Parties
   
      Applicant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by E. O'Neill and C. Gibbs, Agents, and A. Dashwood, Barrister)
   
      Interveners in support of the applicant: Ireland (represented by D. O'Hagan, Agent, and A. Collins, SC, and P. McGarry, BL), Republic of Poland (represented by J. Pietras, Agent), Slovak Republic (represented by R. Procházka, J. Čorba and B. Ricziová, Agents)
   
      Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by J. Schutte and R. Szostak, Agents)
   
      Interveners in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by J.M. Rodríguez Cárcamo, Agent), Commission of the European Communities (represented by C. O'Reilly, Agent)
   Re:
   Annulment of Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 of 26 October 2004 establishing a European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (OJ 2004 L 349, p. 1)
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               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 Republic of Poland, the Slovak Republic and the Commission of the European Communities to bear their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 82, 2.4.2005.