CELEX: C2006/086/07
Language: en
Date: 2006-04-08 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of  26 January 2006  in Case C-533/03 Commission of the European Communities v Council of the European Union (Regulation (EC) No 1798/2003 — Directive 2003/93/EC — Choice of legal basis)

8.4.2006   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 86/4
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (Second Chamber)
   of 26 January 2006
   in Case C-533/03 Commission of the European Communities v Council of the European Union (1)
   
   (Regulation (EC) No 1798/2003 - Directive 2003/93/EC - Choice of legal basis)
   (2006/C 86/07)
   Language of the case: English
   In Case C-533/03 Commission of the European Communities (represented by: R. Lyal, Agent) v Council of the European Union (represented by: A.-M. Colaert and E. Karlsson, Agents) supported by: Ireland (represented by: D. O'Hagan, Agent, and by A. Collins SC), Portuguese Republic (represented by: L. Fernandes, Agent), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: R. Caudwell, Agent, and by D. Wyatt QC) — action for annulment under Article 230 EC, brought on 19 December 2003 — the Court (Second Chamber), composed of C.W.A. Timmermans, President of the Chamber, R. Schintgen (Rapporteur), R. Silva de Lapuerta, P. Kūris and G. Arestis, Judges; J. Kokott, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, gave a judgment on 26 January 2006, in which it:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay the costs;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders Ireland, the Portuguese Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to bear their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 59, 06.03.2004.