CELEX: 62020CA0275
Language: en
Date: 2022-03-01 00:00:00
Title: Case C-275/20: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 1 March 2022 — European Commission v Council of the European Union (Action for annulment — Decision (EU) 2020/470 — Extension of the period of entitlement for audiovisual co-productions as provided for in Article 5 of the Protocol on Cultural Cooperation to the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part — Procedural legal basis — Article 218(7) TFEU — Applicable procedure and voting rule)

25.4.2022   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 171/8
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 1 March 2022 — European Commission v Council of the European Union
      (Case C-275/20) (1)
      
      (Action for annulment - Decision (EU) 2020/470 - Extension of the period of entitlement for audiovisual co-productions as provided for in Article 5 of the Protocol on Cultural Cooperation to the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part - Procedural legal basis - Article 218(7) TFEU - Applicable procedure and voting rule)
      (2022/C 171/10)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: European Commission (represented by: J.F. Brakeland, M. Afonso and D. Schaffrin, acting as Agents)
      
         Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: P. Plaza García and B. Driessen, acting as Agents)
      
         Interveners in support of the defendant: French Republic (represented by: J.-L. Carré, T. Stehelin, E. de Moustier and A. Daniel, acting as Agents), Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: M.K. Bulterman, C.S. Schillemans and J. Langer, acting as Agents)
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
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                  Annuls Council Decision (EU) 2020/470 of 25 March 2020 as regards the extension of the period of entitlement for audiovisual co-productions as provided for in Article 5 of the Protocol on Cultural Cooperation to the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part;
               
            
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                  Orders that the effects of Decision 2020/470 be maintained in force until the grounds for annulment established have been remedied;
               
            
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                  Orders the Council of the European Union to pay the costs;
               
            
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                  Orders the French Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands to bear their own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 279, 24.8.2020.