CELEX: 62006TA0139
Language: en
Date: 2011-10-19 00:00:00
Title: Case T-139/06: Judgment of the General Court of 19 October 2011 — France v Commission (Failure to comply with a judgment of the Court of Justice finding that there has been failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Periodic penalty payment — Adoption, by the Member State, of certain measures — Request for payment — Competence of the Commission — Jurisdiction of the General Court)

26.11.2011   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 347/27
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 19 October 2011 — France v Commission
   (Case T-139/06) (1)
   
   (Failure to comply with a judgment of the Court of Justice finding that there has been failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Periodic penalty payment - Adoption, by the Member State, of certain measures - Request for payment - Competence of the Commission - Jurisdiction of the General Court)
   2011/C 347/39
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: French Republic (represented by: initially, E. Belliard, G. de Bergues and S. Gasri and subsequently, E. Belliard, G. de Bergues and B. Cabouat, acting as Agents)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: T. van Rijn, K. Banks and F. Clotuche-Duvieusart, acting as Agents)
   
      Intervener in support of the defendant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: S. Behzadi-Spencer, T. Harris and C. Murrell, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Application for annulment of Commission Decision C(2006) 659 Final of 1 March 2006 seeking payment of the periodic penalty payments due pursuant to the judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-304/02 Commission v France [2005] ECR I-6263
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               orders the French Republic to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 165, 15.7.2006.