CELEX: C1997/054/01
Language: en
Date: 1997-02-22 00:00:00
Title: JUDGMENT OF THE COURT of 3 December 1996 in Case C-268/94 Portuguese Republic v. Council of the European Union (Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of India - Development cooperation - Respect for human rights and democratic principles - Cooperation in the fields of energy, tourism, culture, drug abuse control and protection of intellectual property - Competence of the Community - Legal basis)

22 . 2 . 97           EN [                Official Journal of the European Communities                                No C 54/ 1
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                                              COURT OF JUSTICE
                                                        COURT OF JUSTICE
              JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                   Edward, J. -P. Puissochet, G. Hirsch, P. Jann and M.
                     of 3 December 1996                               Wathelet, Judges; A. La Pergola, Advocate-General; H.
                                                                      von Holstein, Deputy Registrar, has given a judgment on
in Case C-268/94 Portuguese Republic v. Council of the                3 December 1996 in which it :
                     European Union ( ! )
(Cooperation Agreement between the European                           1 . dismisses the application;
Community and the Republic of India — Development
cooperation — Respect for human rights and democratic
principles — Cooperation in the fields of energy, tourism,            2 . orders the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs;
culture, drug abuse control and protection of intellectual
property — Competence of the Community — Legal                        3 . orders the Kingdom of Denmark, the Hellenic
                              basis)                                       Republic, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
                         ( 97/C 54/01 )                                    Northern Ireland, and the Commission of the
                                                                           European Communities to bear their own costs.
             (Language of the case: Portuguese)
                                                                      (■) OJ No C 316 , 12 . 11 . 1994 .
  (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be
          published in the European Court Reports)
In case C-268/94: Portuguese Republic ( Agents : Joao
Mota de Campos, Luis Fernandes and Maria Luisa                                      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
Duarte, supported by the Hellenic Republic ( Agents :                                      of 12 December 1996
Aikaterini Samoni-Rantou and Georgios Karipsiadis ) v.
Council of the European Union ( Agents : Jorge Monteiro               in Case C-302/94 ( reference for a preliminary ruling from
and Antonio Tanca ), supported by the Kingdom of                      the High Court of Justice ( Queen's Bench Division )): The
Denmark ( Agent: Peter Biering), the United Kingdom of                Queen v. Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Ex
Great Britain and Northern Ireland ( Agent: Lindsey                             parte: British Telecommunications pic (')
Nicoll ) and by the Commission of the European
                                                                      (Telecommunications — Directive on open network
Communities ( Agents: Claire Bury and Ana Maria Alves                 provision — Special or exclusive rights — Directive on
Vieira ) — application for annulment of Council Decision               leased lines — Provision of a minimum set of leased lines)
94/578/EC of 18 July 1994 concerning the conclusion of
the Cooperation Agreement between the European                                                    ( 97/C 54/02 )
Community and the Republic of India on partnership and
development ( OJ No L 223 , 27. 8 . 1994, p. 23 ) — the                              (Language of the case: English)
Court, composed of: G. C. Rodriguez Iglesias, President,
G. F. Mancini, J. C. Moitinho de Almeida, J. L. Murray
and L. Sevon ( Rapporteur ) ( Presidents of Chambers ), C. N.         In Case C-302/94 : reference to the Court under Article 177
Kakouris, P. J. G. Kapteyn, C. Gulmann, D. A. O.                      of the EC Treaty from the High Court of Justice ( Queen's