CELEX: C2007/269/81
Language: en
Date: 2007-11-10 00:00:00
Title: Case T-240/04: Judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber, Extended Composition) of 17 September 2007 — France v Commission (European Atomic Energy Community — Investments — Communication to Commission of investment projects — Procedures — Regulation (Euratom) No 1352/2003 — Commission's lack of competence — Articles 41 EA to 44 EA — Principle of legal certainty)

10.11.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 269/46
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber, Extended Composition) of 17 September 2007 — France v Commission
   (Case T-240/04) (1)
   
   (European Atomic Energy Community - Investments - Communication to Commission of investment projects - Procedures - Regulation (Euratom) No 1352/2003 - Commission's lack of competence - Articles 41 EA to 44 EA - Principle of legal certainty)
   (2007/C 269/81)
   Language of the case: French
   Parties
   
      Applicant: French Republic (represented initially by: F. Alabrune, G. de Bergues, C. Lemaire and E. Puisais, then by G. De Bergues and S. Gasri, agents)
   
      Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: M. Patakia)
   
   
      Interveners in support of the applicant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by C.-D Quassowski and A. Tiemann, agents) and Kingdom of Belgium (represented initially by D. Haven, then by M. Wimmer, and then by A Hubert, agents, assisted by J.-F. De Bock, lawyer)
   Re:
   Annulment of Commission Regulation (Euratom) No 1352/2003 of 23 July 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1209/2000 determining procedures for effecting the communications prescribed under Article 41 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ 2003 L 192, p. 15).
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls Commission Regulation (Euratom) No 1352/2003 of 23 July 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1209/2000 determining procedures for effecting the communications prescribed under Article 41 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the Commission to pay the costs of the French Republic;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Federal Republic of Germany and the Kingdom of Belgium to bear their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 304 of 13.12.2003 (formerly Case C-455/03).