CELEX: C2005/217/13
Language: en
Date: 2005-09-03 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 7 July 2005 in Case C-208/03 P: Jean-Marie Le Pen v European Parliament (Appeal — Elections of Members of the European Parliament — Lack of uniform electoral procedure — Application of national law — Disqualification of a Member of the European Parliament from holding office following a criminal conviction — Measure by which the European Parliament ‘takes note’ of that disqualification — Action for annulment — Act not open to challenge — Inadmissibility)

3.9.2005   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 217/7
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (Second Chamber)
   of 7 July 2005
   in Case C-208/03 P: Jean-Marie Le Pen v European Parliament (1)
   
   (Appeal - Elections of Members of the European Parliament - Lack of uniform electoral procedure - Application of national law - Disqualification of a Member of the European Parliament from holding office following a criminal conviction - Measure by which the European Parliament ‘takes note’ of that disqualification - Action for annulment - Act not open to challenge - Inadmissibility)
   (2005/C 217/13)
   Language of the case: French
   In Case C-208/03 P: appeal under Article 56 of the Statute of the Court of Justice lodged on 10 May 2003 by Jean-Marie Le Pen, residing at Saint-Cloud (France), (Agent: F. Wagner), the other party to the proceedings being the European Parliament (Agents: H. Krück and C. Karamarcos), the French Republic, (Agents: R. Abraham, G. de Bergues and L. Bernheim), intervener at first instance — the Court (Second Chamber), composed of C.W.A. Timmermans (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber, R. Silva de Lapuerta, J. Makarczyk, P. Kūris and G. Arestis, Judges; F.G. Jacobs, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, gave a judgment on 7 July 2005, in which it:
   
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               Dismisses the appeal;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Mr Le Pen to pay the costs of these proceedings including those of the proceedings for interim measures;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the French Republic to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 275 of 15.11.2003