CELEX: C2007/155/13
Language: en
Date: 2007-07-07 00:00:00
Title: Case C-155/07: Action brought on 20 March 2007 — European Parliament v Council of the European Union

7.7.2007   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 155/8
            
         Action brought on 20 March 2007 — European Parliament v Council of the European Union
   (Case C-155/07)
   (2007/C 155/13)
   Language of the case: French
   Parties
   
      Applicant: European Parliament (represented by: R. Passos, A. Baas and D. Gauci, Agents)
   
      Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Arpio Santacruz, M. Sims and D. Canga Fano, Agents)
   Form of order sought
   
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               Annulment, for infringement of the EC Treaty, of Council Decision 2006/1016/EC (1) of 19 December 2006 granting a Community guarantee to the European Investment Bank against losses under loans and loan guarantees for projects outside the Community
            
         
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               The Council of the European Union to pay the costs.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   The European Parliament relies on one single plea in law in support of its action, alleging the incorrect choice of legal basis for the contested decision. Since that decision essentially concerns the developing countries among the countries eligible or potentially eligible for European Investment Bank financing under Community guarantee, it should have been adopted on the joint basis of Articles 179 EC and 181a EC, and not solely on the basis of Article 181a EC, which precludes cooperation with developing countries from its scope.
   
      (1)  OJ 2006 L 414, p. 95.