CELEX: C2002/044/06
Language: en
Date: 2002-02-16 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of 13 December 2001 in Case C-93/00: European Parliament v Council of the European Union (Regulation (EC) No 2772/1999 — Beef labelling system — Competence of the Council)

C 44/4                   EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                          16.2.2002
Articles 4(2) and 9(2) of Directive 97/33/EC of the European                1.    Annuls Council Regulation (EC) No 2772/1999 of
Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 1997 on interconnection                  21 December 1999 providing for the general rules for a
in Telecommunications with regard to ensuring universal service and               compulsory beef labelling system;
interoperability through application of the principles of Open
Network Provision (ONP) must be interpreted as not precluding the
Member States from authorising national regulatory authorities to           2.    Orders that the effects of those provisions of the contested
impose on an operator having significant power on the market the ex               regulation pursuant to which the Member States may have
ante obligation to provide access to the local subscriber loop and to             adopted decisions which could be affected by the annulment are
offer interconnection at local and higher-level switching centres.                to be regarded as definitive;
                                                                            3.    Orders the Council of the European Union to pay the costs;
( 1) OJ C 135 of 13.5.2000.
                                                                            4.    Orders the Kingdom of Spain and the Commission of the
                                                                                  European Communities to bear their own costs.
                                                                            (1) OJ C 135 of 13.5.2000.
                 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                       of 13 December 2001
                                                                                             JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
in Case C-93/00: European Parliament v Council of the
                         European Union (1)                                                           (Fifth Chamber)
                                                                                                  of 13 December 2001
(Regulation (EC) No 2772/1999 — Beef labelling system —
                    Competence of the Council)
                                                                            in Case C-131/00 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from
                                                                            the Länsrätten i Norrbottens län): Ingemar Nilsson v
                           (2002/C 44/06)                                                  Länsstyrelsen i Norrbottens län (1)
                                                                            (Common agricultural policy — Regulation (EEC)
                     (Language of the case: French)                         No 3508/92 — Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92 — Integrated
                                                                            administration and control system for certain Community
                                                                            aid schemes — Detailed rules for application — Register of
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published           animals not kept up to date by farmer — Penalties)
                    in the European Court Reports)
                                                                                                       (2002/C 44/07)
                                                                                               (Language of the case: Swedish)
In Case C-93/00: European Parliament (Agents: C. Pennera and
E. Waldherr) v Council of the European Union (Agents:
G. Maganza and J. Monteiro), supported by Kingdom of Spain                  (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
(Agent: R. Silva de Lapuerta) and by Commission of the                                         in the European Court Reports)
European Communities (Agent: G. Berscheid) — application
for annulment of Council Regulation (EC) No 2772/1999 of
21 December 1999 providing for the general rules for a
compulsory beef labelling system (OJ 1999 L 334, p. 1) — the                In Case C-131/00: Reference to the Court under Article 234
Court, composed of: G.C. Rodrı́guez Iglesias, President, P. Jann,           EC by the Länsrätten i Norrbottens län (Sweden) for a
F. Macken, N. Colneric and S. von Bahr (Presidents of                       preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court
Chambers), A. La Pergola, J.-P. Puissochet, L. Sevón (Rapporte-            between Ingemar Nilsson and Länsstyrelsen i Norrbottens
ur), M. Wathelet, V. Skouris and J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, Judges;              län on the interpretation of Article 5 of Regulation (EEC)
C. Stix-Hackl, Advocate General; L. Hewlett, Administrator, for             No 3508/92 of 27 November 1992 establishing an integrated
the Registrar, has given a judgement on 13 December 2001,                   administration and control system for certain Community aid
in which it:                                                                schemes (OJ 1992 L 355, p. 1), the Court (Fifth Chamber),