CELEX: C2001/289/06
Language: en
Date: 2001-10-13 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 12 July 2001 in Case C-365/99: Portuguese Republic v Commission of the European Communities (Agriculture — Animal health — Emergency measures to combat bovine spongiform encephalopathy — "Mad cow" disease)

C 289/4                  EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                          13.10.2001
3.    Orders the French Republic to pay the costs of Case C-308/99                          JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
      P;
4.    Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs in both                                       of 12 July 2001
      actions.
                                                                           in Case C-189/01 (reference for a preliminary ruling from
(1) OJ C 299 of 16.10.1999.                                                the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven): H. Jippes,
                                                                           Afdeling Groningen van de Nederlandse Vereniging tot
                                                                           Bescherming van Dieren and Afdeling Assen en omstre-
                                                                           ken van de Nederlandse Vereniging tot Bescherming
                                                                           van Dieren v Minister van Landbouw, Natuurbeheer en
                                                                                                         Visserij (1)
                 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                     (Agriculture — Control of foot-and-mouth disease — Pro-
                                                                           hibition of vaccination — Principle of proportionality —
                           (Fifth Chamber)                                               Taking animal welfare into account)
                            of 12 July 2001                                                          (2001/C 289/07)
in Case C-365/99: Portuguese Republic v Commission of
                 the European Communities (1)                                                  (Language of the case: Dutch)
(Agriculture — Animal health — Emergency measures to                       (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
combat bovine spongiform encephalopathy — ‘Mad cow’                                           in the European Court Reports)
                                disease)
                           (2001/C 289/06)                                 In Case C-189/01: reference to the Court under Article 234
                                                                           EC from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven
                                                                           (Netherlands), for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings
                  (Language of the case: Portuguese)                       pending before that court between H. Jippes, Afdeling Gronin-
                                                                           gen van de Nederlandse Vereniging tot Bescherming van
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published     Dieren and Afdeling Assen en omstreken van de Nederlandse
                    in the European Court Reports)                         Vereniging tot Bescherming van Dieren and Minister van
                                                                           Landbouw, Natuurbeheer en Visserij — on the interpretation
                                                                           of the validity of Article 13 of Council Directive 85/511/EEC
In Case C-365/99: Portuguese Republic (Agents: L. Fernandes                of 18 November 1985 introducing Community measures for
and M.J. Abecassis, assisted by C. Aguiar, T. Ferreira de                  the control of foot-and-mouth disease (OJ 1985 L 315, p. 11),
Lima and G. van der Wal) v Commission of the European                      as amended by Council Directive 90/423/EEC of 26 June 1990
Communities — application for annulment of Commission                      (OJ 1990 L 224, p. 13), and of Commission Decision
Decision 99/517/EC of 28 July 1999 amending Decision                       2001/246/EC of 27 March 2001 laying down the conditions
98/653/EC concerning emergency measures made necessary                     for the control and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease in
by the occurrence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in                   the Netherlands in application of Article 13 of Directive
Portugal (OJ 1999 L 197, p. 45), in so far as it extends until             85/511/EEC (OJ 2001 L 88, p. 21), as amended by Commission
1 February 2000 the restriction on exports prescribed by                   Decision 2001/279/EC of 5 April 2001 (OJ 2001 L 96, p. 19)
Article 4 of Commission Decision 98/653/EC of 18 November                  — the Court, composed of: G.C. Rodrı́guez Iglesias, President,
1998 concerning emergency measures made necessary by the                   C. Gulmann, A. La Pergola, M. Wathelet, V. Skouris (Presidents
occurrence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Portugal                 of Chambers), D.A.O. Edward, P. Jann, L Sevón (Rapporteur),
(OJ 1998 L 311, p. 23) — the Court (Fifth Chamber),                        R. Schintgen, F. Macken, N. Colneric, S. von Bahr and
composed of: A. La Pergola, President of the Chamber,                      J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, Judges; J. Mischo, Advocate General;
M. Wathelet, D.A.O. Edward, L. Sevón (Rapporteur) and S. von              H.A. Rühl, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given
Bahr, Judges; J. Mischo, Advocate General; H.A. Rühl, Principal            a judgment on 12 July 2001, in which it has ruled:
Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on
12 July 2001, in which it:
                                                                           1.    Consideration of the first question has not disclosed any factor
1.    Dismisses the action;                                                      of such a kind as to affect the validity of Article 13 of Council
                                                                                 Directive 85/511/EEC of 18 November 1985 introducing
2.    Orders the Portuguese Republic to bear its own costs.                      Community measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease,
                                                                                 as amended by Council Directive 90/423/EEC of 26 June
                                                                                 1990.
(1) OJ C 366 of 18.12.1999.
                                                                           2.    Consideration of the second question has not disclosed any
                                                                                 factor of such a kind as to affect the validity of Commission