CELEX: C2003/101/03
Language: en
Date: 2003-04-26 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 March 2003 in Case C-240/00: Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Finland (Directive 79/409/EEC — Protection of wild birds and their habitats — Special protection areas)

26.4.2003               EN                           Official Journal of the European Union                                               C 101/1
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                                                                   (Information)
                                                      COURT OF JUSTICE
                                                               COURT OF JUSTICE
Request by the Council of the European Union for an                          against the judgment of the Court of First Instance of the
           Opinion pursuant to Article 300(6) EC                             European Communities (First Chamber, Extended Compo-
                                                                             sition) in Case T-92/98 Interporc v Commission [1999] ECR
                           (Opinion 1/03)                                    II-3521, seeking to have that judgment set aside in part, the
                                                                             other party to the proceedings being: Commission of the
                          (2003/C 101/01)                                    European Communities (Agent: U. Wölker), the Court, compo-
                                                                             sed of: G.C. Rodríguez Iglesias, President, J.-P. Puissochet,
The Court of Justice of the European Communities has received                R. Schintgen and C.W.A. Timmermans, Presidents of Cham-
a request for an Opinion pursuant to Article 300(6) EC, lodged               bers, C. Gulmann, D.A.O. Edward, A. La Pergola (Rapporteur),
at the Court Registry on 10 March 2003 by the Council of the                 P. Jann, N. Colneric, S. von Bahr and J.N. Cunha Rodrigues,
European Union, represented by J. Schutte and J.-P. Hix, acting              Judges; P. Léger, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has
as Agents.                                                                   given a judgment on 6 March 2003, in which it:
The Council of the European Union asks the Court of Justice                  1.    Dismisses the appeal;
to reply to the following question:
                                                                             2.    Orders Interporc Im- und Export GmbH to pay the costs.
Does conclusion of the new Lugano Convention on jurisdiction
and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and                (1 ) OJ C 149 of 27.5.2000.
commercial matters, as provided for at points 8 to 12 of this
document, fall entirely within the Community’s exclusive
competence or is competence shared between the Community
and the Member States?
                                                                                              JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                                                (Sixth Chamber)
                         of 6 March 2003                                                              of 6 March 2003
in Case C-41/00 P: Interporc Im- und Export GmbH v                           in Case C-240/00: Commission of the European Communi-
       Commission of the European Communities ( 1)                                             ties v Republic of Finland ( 1)
(Appeals — Decision 94/90/ECSC, EC, Euratom — Access
                                                                             (Directive 79/409/EEC — Protection of wild birds and their
to documents — Documents held by the Commission and
                                                                                           habitats — Special protection areas)
emanating from the Member States or third countries —
                          Authorship rule)
                                                                                                       (2003/C 101/03)
                          (2003/C 101/02)
                                                                                                (Language of the case: Finnish)
                   (Language of the case: German)
                                                                             (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published                          in the European Court Reports)
                   in the European Court Reports)
In Case C-41/00 P, Interporc Im- und Export GmbH, estab-                     In Case C-240/00, Commission of the European Communities
lished in Hamburg (Germany), (Agent: G.M. Berrisch): Appeal                  (Agents: E. Paasivirta and R.B. Wainwright) v Republic of
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Finland (Agent: T. Pynnä): Application for a declaration                     Articles 31 and 93 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 of
that, by failing to classify special protection areas fully and              21 March 1972 laying down the procedure for implementing
definitively, the Republic of Finland has failed to fulfil its               Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71, as amended and updated by
obligations under Article 4(1) and (2) of Council Directive 79/              Regulation No 2001/83, as amended by Regulation No 3096/
409/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the conservation of wild birds                    95, of Articles 56 and 59 of the EC Treaty (now, after
(OJ 1979 L 103, p. 1), the Court (Sixth Chamber), composed                   amendment, Articles 46 EC and 49 EC) and 60 of the EC
of: J.-P. Puissochet, President of the Chamber, R. Schintgen                 Treaty (now Article 50 EC), and of Article 1 of the Protocol to
and C. Gulmann (Rapporteur), F. Macken and J.N. Cunha                        the European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights
Rodrigues, Judges; P. Léger, Advocate General; H. von Holstein,              and Fundamental Freedoms, the Court, composed of: G.C. Rod-
Deputy Registrar, has given a judgment on 6 March 2003, in                   ríguez Iglesias, President, M. Wathelet, R. Schintgen and
which it:                                                                    C.W.A. Timmermans (Presidents of Chambers), C. Gulmann,
                                                                             D.A.O. Edward, A. La Pergola (Rapporteur), P. Jann, V. Skouris,
(1) Declares that, by failing to classify fully and definitively the         F. Macken, N. Colneric, S. von Bahr and J.N. Cunha Rodrigues,
      SPAs in its territory, the Republic of Finland has failed to fulfil    Judges; D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, Advocate General; H.A. Rühl,
      its obligations under Article 4(1) and (2) of Council Directive        Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment
      79/409/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the conservation of wild                 on 25 February 2003, in which it has ruled:
      birds.
(2) Orders the Republic of Finland to pay the costs.
( 1) OJ C 247 of 26.8.2000.
                                                                             1.   Article 31 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of
                                                                                  14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to
                                                                                  employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of
                                                                                  their families moving within the Community, as amended and
                  JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                           updated by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2001/83 of 2 June
                                                                                  1983, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 3096/95
                                                                                  of 22 December 1995, must be interpreted as meaning that
                        of 25 February 2003
                                                                                  enjoyment of the benefits in kind guaranteed by that provision
                                                                                  to pensioners staying in a Member State other than their State
in Case C-326/00 (Reference for a preliminary ruling                              of residence is not subject to the condition that the illness which
from the Dioikitiko Protodikeio Thessalonikis): Idryma                            necessitated the treatment in question manifested itself suddenly
     Koinonikon Asfaliseon (IKA) v Vasilios Ioannidis (1)                         during such a stay, making that treatment immediately
                                                                                  necessary. That provision therefore precludes a Member State
(Social security — Hospital treatment of a pensioner during                       from subjecting that enjoyment to such a condition.
a stay in a Member State other than the State in which he
resides — Conditions for funding — Articles 31 and 96 of
Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 — Articles 31 and 93 of
                   Regulation (EEC) No 574/72)
                           (2003/C 101/04)                                   2.   Article 31 of Regulation No 1408/71, as amended and
                                                                                  updated by Regulation No 2001/83, as amended by Regu-
                     (Language of the case: Greek)                                lation No 3096/95, precludes a Member State from subjecting
                                                                                  the enjoyment of the benefits in kind guaranteed by that
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published            provision to any authorisation procedure.
                    in the European Court Reports)
In Case C-326/00: Reference to the Court under Article 234
EC by the Diikitiko Protodikio Thessalonikis (Greece) for a
preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court              3.   The provision and funding of the benefits in kind referred to in
between Idryma Koinonikon Asfaliseon (IKA) and Vasilios                           Article 31 of Regulation No 1408/71, as amended and
Ioannidis on the interpretation of Articles 31 and 36 of                          updated by Regulation No 2001/83, as amended by Regu-
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the                        lation No 3096/95, must normally take place in accordance
application of social security schemes to employed persons, to                    with the provisions of that article in conjunction with Article 36
self-employed persons and to members of their families                            of that regulation and Articles 31 and 93 of Council Regulation
moving within the Community, as amended and updated by                            (EEC) No 574/72 of 21 March 1972 laying down the
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2001/83 of 2 June 1983 (OJ                            procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71,
1983 L 230, p. 6), as amended by Council Regulation (EC)                          as amended and updated by Regulation No 2001/83, as
No 3096/95 of 22 December 1995 (OJ 1995 L 335, p. 10), of                         amended by Regulation No 3096/95.