CELEX: C2006/143/08
Language: en
Date: 2006-06-17 00:00:00
Title: Case C-436/03: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of  2 May 2006  — European Parliament v Council of the European Union (Action for annulment — Regulation (EC) No 1435/2003 — European Cooperative Society (SCE) — Choice of legal basis — Article 95 EC — Article 308 EC)

17.6.2006   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 143/4
            
         Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 2 May 2006 — European Parliament v Council of the European Union
   (Case C-436/03) (1)
   
   (Action for annulment - Regulation (EC) No 1435/2003 - European Cooperative Society (SCE) - Choice of legal basis - Article 95 EC - Article 308 EC)
   (2006/C 143/08)
   Language of the case: French
   Parties
   
      Applicant: European Parliament (represented by: R. Passos, E. Waldherr and J. Rufas Quintana, Agents)
   
      Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: J.-P. Jacqué and M.C. Giorgi Fort, Agents)
   
      Intervener: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: C. Schmidt and J.-F. Pasquier, Agents); Kingdom of Spain (represented by: E. Braquehais Conesa, Agent); United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: R. Caudwell, Agent, assisted by Lord Goldsmith and N. Paines)
   Re:
   Annulment of Council Regulation (EC) No 1435/2003 of 22 July 2003 on the Statute for a European Cooperative Society (SCE) (OJ 2003 L 207, p. 1)
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the European Parliament to pay the costs;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Kingdom of Spain, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Commission of the European Communities to bear their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 289, 29.11.2003.